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EP0719186A1 - Dispositif de transfert pour objets de detail, notamment pour envois postaux - Google Patents

Dispositif de transfert pour objets de detail, notamment pour envois postaux

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EP0719186A1
EP0719186A1 EP94926094A EP94926094A EP0719186A1 EP 0719186 A1 EP0719186 A1 EP 0719186A1 EP 94926094 A EP94926094 A EP 94926094A EP 94926094 A EP94926094 A EP 94926094A EP 0719186 A1 EP0719186 A1 EP 0719186A1
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Prior art keywords
transfer device
impeller
cells
wing
wheel
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English (en)
Inventor
Rudolf Schuster
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Siemens AG
Siemens Corp
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Siemens AG
Siemens Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/02—Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating
    • B07C1/025—Devices for the temporary stacking of objects provided with a stacking and destacking device (interstack device)
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/18—Orientating articles other than in a stream, e.g. turning, deflecting or changing direction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/38—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by movable piling or advancing arms, frames, plates, or like members with which the articles are maintained in face contact
    • B65H29/40—Members rotated about an axis perpendicular to direction of article movement, e.g. star-wheels formed by S-shaped members
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/60—Other elements in face contact with handled material
    • B65H2404/65—Other elements in face contact with handled material rotating around an axis parallel to face of material and perpendicular to transport direction, e.g. star wheel
    • B65H2404/657—Means for varying the space between the elements

Definitions

  • the machine-readable postcodes to be indicated on postal items such as letters, postcards, small parcels and the like as an identification number for a post location enable a rapid mechanical distribution of the post.
  • the incoming mail items are sorted with the aid of controllable parcel carriers, which are loaded with a mail item in each case in special input locations and then deliver this mail item to a sorting container assigned to the respective postcode or a corresponding sorting compartment. Since the sorting containers or sorting compartments can be arranged on different levels, the piece goods carriers rotating around conveying devices may also have to be able to bridge different heights.
  • the empty general cargo carriers can be loaded again with mail items as they pass an input location.
  • this When transferring the mail to the sorting device described above, this must be done on a conveyor, such as mail arriving at a belt conveyor is specifically and preferably individually delivered to the general cargo carriers passing at a relatively high speed.
  • the invention specified in claim 1 is based on the problem of a simply constructed transfer device for
  • the transfer device can also be used, for example, in storage systems or automatic picking systems for comparable tasks, in which items arriving on a first conveyor device are provided with codes. hen general cargo is to be transferred to a second conveyor device.
  • the invention is based on the knowledge that a vane wheel with movably arranged vanes can be optimally adapted to the conditions when picking up and delivering the piece goods, and thus ensures reliable transfer.
  • Secure opening is ensured by the wide opening of the cells formed by the wings in the receiving area, while the narrow opening of the cells in the delivery area enables targeted transfer to the circulating general cargo carriers.
  • the terms "wide opening” and “narrow opening” of the cells are to be understood in terms of a safe pick-up and a targeted transfer of the piece goods.
  • the opening of the cells in the delivery area should be significantly narrower than the opening of the cells in the receiving area.
  • the embodiment according to claim 2 enables a geometrical adaptation of the opening of the cells in the delivery area to the
  • each passing general cargo carrier can be loaded, while, for example, when using two transfer devices, only every second general cargo carrier is loaded.
  • the embodiment according to claim 3 ensures an exact and permanent assignment of the cell openings in the delivery area to the division of the rotating general cargo carriers.
  • the development according to claim 4 enables an optimal transfer of the piece goods by adapting the discharge direction of the cells to the inclination of the piece goods carriers.
  • the embodiment according to claim 5 enables a permanent adjustment and adaptation of the impeller to the division of the piece goods carrier even if there are gaps between individual groups of piece goods carriers. Such gaps arise, for example, when a plurality of piece goods carriers are attached to rotating carriages of the second conveyor.
  • the preferred embodiment according to claim 8 enables a reliable and robust mechanical control of the wings by scenes, wherein such a scenery control can be realized in a particularly simple manner with a link wheel according to claim 9.
  • the dispensing direction of the cells and the ratio of the cell openings in the receiving area and in the dispensing area can be influenced in a simple manner by the position and the distance between the axis of the link wheel and the wheel axis of the wing wheel.
  • the development according to claim 10 relates to a particularly reliable implementation of the link control of the wing.
  • the advantages of a gate control can also be used for the control of the additional wings provided for the formation of empty cells. In this case, it is then particularly favorable to arrange the additional cushions required for this also according to claim 12 on the sliding block.
  • FIG. 1 shows a transfer device for general cargo equipped with an impeller
  • FIG. 2 shows the mode of operation of the winged wheel shown in FIG. 1 during pick-up, transport and delivery of the piece goods
  • FIG. 3 shows the basic principle of a link control for the wings of the impeller shown in FIGS. 1 and 2,
  • FIG. 4 shows a top view of a link wheel used for the link control of the wing
  • FIG. 5 shows a complete side view of the transfer device according to FIGS. 1 and 2,
  • Figure 6 shows the storage of the impeller and sliding block in a partially broken side view
  • Figure 7 shows the arrangement of the impeller in relation to an incoming conveyor and a sorting device in plan view.
  • FIG. 1 shows a transfer device for piece goods in a highly simplified schematic representation.
  • This transfer device comprises a rotating impeller FR, the wings F of which are arranged around the wheel axis RA indicated by a cross and form sector-shaped cells Z which receive the piece goods arriving on a first conveying device FEI and deliver them to rotating piece goods carriers ST of a second conveying device FE2.
  • the inner ends of the vanes F are pivotally mounted on the impeller FR via axes of rotation D, the pivotal movement of the individual vanes F being carried out by a link control which will be explained later.
  • the division of the pivotably arranged wings FR can be changed such that a wide one in the receiving area
  • the gate control in the delivery area a narrow opening of the cells Z, which is matched to the division t of the piece goods carriers ST of the second conveyor FE2.
  • the peripheral speed u of the impeller FR rotating at a constant angular velocity ⁇ l is matched in the delivery area to the speed v2 of the rotating general cargo carrier ST such that the horizontal components of these speeds are the same and the illustrated assignment of the division of the cells Z remains in the circumferential area for the division of the general cargo carrier ST.
  • the discharge direction of the cells Z in the discharge area is adapted to the inclination ⁇ of the general cargo carriers.
  • the general cargo carriers ST of the second conveying device FE2 passing at a speed v2 of, for example, 0.625 m / s are components of a sorting device for mail items, the structure and mode of operation of which are described, for example, in the earlier patent applications P 43 23 564.6 and 43 23 565.4 is described.
  • FIG. 2 shows various stages in the pick-up, transport and delivery of the piece goods by the impeller FR.
  • the piece goods S represented by dash-dotted lines are letters which arrive at the first conveyor FEI at the speed v1.
  • the division or the spacing of the incoming piece goods S is determined by transverse ribs, not shown in detail, of the first conveyor FEI, which is designed as a belt conveyor. It is evident that the cell Z located in the receiving area has a wide opening, so that a secure pick-up of the incoming piece goods S is ensured.
  • the opening of the cells Z in the direction of rotation DR of the impeller FR is then increasingly narrow until it corresponds to the narrow receiving opening of the general cargo carrier ST or is even narrower than this receiving opening.
  • the general cargo S then falls, as shown in FIG. 2, from the cells Z in the delivery area into the assigned general cargo carrier ST.
  • guide means FM are assigned, which in the illustrated embodiment are formed by a fixed guide wall and prevent the piece goods S from falling out of the cells Z.
  • holding wings can also be used which press the piece goods S picked up by a cell Z against a piece F until they are delivered to a piece goods carrier ST.
  • These holding wings HF which are only indicated in a cell Z, can also be controlled via scenes, the pressing force being exerted by corresponding compression springs.
  • the impeller FR is equipped with movably arranged additional vanes ZF, each of which, with the wing F lagging in the direction of rotation DR, form empty cells LZ, which fill the gaps designated L between two groups of piece goods carriers ST of the second Conveyor FEI are assigned.
  • additional vanes ZF each of which, with the wing F lagging in the direction of rotation DR, form empty cells LZ, which fill the gaps designated L between two groups of piece goods carriers ST of the second Conveyor FEI are assigned.
  • the basic principle of the gate control is shown purely schematically in FIG.
  • the vanes F rotate about the wheel axis RA already mentioned, while the links K rotate about an axis A, the wheel axis RA and axis A being arranged parallel and at a distance from one another. It can be seen that this distance between the wheel axle RA and the axle A causes wide openings to arise between two wings F in the upper peripheral region, while narrow openings between two wings F result in the lower peripheral region.
  • the cooling control shown in principle in FIG. 3 is implemented via sliding wheels KR arranged on both sides of the wings F, the shape of which can be seen in FIG.
  • Figure 5 shows a complete side view of the transfer device shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • all the scenes K and additional scenes ZK of the scenery wheel KR can be seen, which are assigned to the individual vanes F or to the additional vanes ZF of the vane wheel FR shown by dash-dotted lines.
  • the relative position between the wheel axis RA of the impeller FR and the axis A of the link wheel KR can also be seen, the distance between these two axes influencing the opening ratio of the cells Z in the receiving area and in the delivery area, while the lateral offset of the two axes the delivery direction of the cells Z is influenced.
  • the constant angular velocities ⁇ l and 0) 2 of the impeller FR and the cooling wheel KR are the same.
  • FIG. 6 shows a partially broken side view of the mounting of the impeller FR and the link wheel KR in a frame designated by G.
  • the wheel axle RA is mounted on both sides in the frame G via first rolling bearings WL1, but only one side of this mounting is shown in FIG. 6.
  • a second roller bearing WL2 is provided for the storage of a link wheel KR, the inner ring of which is connected to the frame G, while a ring R attached to the link wheel KR sits on the outer ring.
  • the mounting of the second link wheel KR, not shown in FIG. 6, is designed in the same way.
  • a toothed belt wheel ZR is provided for driving the impeller FR.
  • the ring R mentioned above is likewise designed as a toothed belt wheel for driving the link wheel KR. det.
  • the toothed belt wheel ZR and the second toothed belt wheel formed by the ring R are driven via a common drive shaft, not shown in the drawing, by means of which a synchronous running of the impeller
  • FIG. 6 also shows the arrangement of a roller R attached laterally to a wing F in the associated link K of the link wheel KR formed by a slot.
  • the pivotable mounting of the wavy wing F on the impeller FR is also shown.
  • the wing F which is pivotably mounted on the axis of rotation D, has a cam-shaped design in the region of the bearing and engages in an associated circumferential profile of the impeller FR. This interlocking prevents the item S (see FIGS. 2 and 5) from becoming jammed in the swivel area of the wings F.
  • FIG. 7 shows a top view of the first conveyor FEI, the impeller FR and the second conveyor FE2.
  • the piece goods S are fed in via four input devices EE, in which the corresponding letters are provided in stacks. When processing the stacks, it will
  • General cargo S is individually picked up by a reading device (not shown in more detail), placed on belt belts Rb and fed obliquely to the first conveyor FEI in the direction of the arrows Pf. From each of the four input devices EE, for example, 5000 parts per hour can be fed onto the first conveyor device FEI, which is designed as a collecting belt.
  • the piece goods S are then transferred from the first conveying device FEI to the cells Z (compare FIGS. 1, 2 and 5) of the impeller FR and then individually delivered to the piece goods carriers ST of the second conveying device FE2.
  • the general cargo carriers ST then give the general cargo S corresponding sorting codes to the respective postcode or code. compartments or sorting containers of a sorting system not shown in the drawing.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de transfert qui comprend une roue à ailettes (FR) dont les ailettes (F) qui tournent autour de l'axe de la roue (RA) constituent des cellules (Z) qui reçoivent les objets arrivant sur un premier convoyeur (FE1) et qui les transfèrent sur les supports (ST) appropriés d'un second convoyeur (FE2). La répartition des ailettes montées mobiles dans la zone périphérique de la roue à ailettes (FR) peut être modifiée de manière à créer une ouverture large des cellules (Z) dans la zone d'entrée et une ouverture étroite desdites cellules (Z) dans la zone de dégagement. L'ouverture large des cellules (Z) créée dans la zone d'entrée garantit une réception fiable des objets (S), et l'ouverture étroite créée dans la zone de dégagement permet une correspondance avec le pas (t) des supports d'objets (ST) et par conséquent un transfert plus fiable des objets sur lesdits supports (ST).
EP94926094A 1993-09-17 1994-09-12 Dispositif de transfert pour objets de detail, notamment pour envois postaux Ceased EP0719186A1 (fr)

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