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EP0735927B1 - Dispositif de transfert d'articles de detail, en particulier d'articles postaux - Google Patents

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EP0735927B1
EP0735927B1 EP95900653A EP95900653A EP0735927B1 EP 0735927 B1 EP0735927 B1 EP 0735927B1 EP 95900653 A EP95900653 A EP 95900653A EP 95900653 A EP95900653 A EP 95900653A EP 0735927 B1 EP0735927 B1 EP 0735927B1
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Rudolf Schuster
Josef Raschke
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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)

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  • the on mail items such as letters, postcards, packages and the like to be specified as a code for a post location
  • machine-readable Postal codes enable rapid machine Distribution of mail. Sorting the incoming Postal items are e.g. according to US-A-3031062 With the help of controllable general cargo carriers, which are used in special Entry spaces can be loaded with one mail item each and this mailing then to one of the respective postcodes assigned sorting container or a corresponding Submit sort bin.
  • the sorting containers or bins in different Levels can be arranged on the conveyors circulating general cargo carriers, if necessary, also various Can bridge high altitudes. After the handover the mailing to the assigned sorting container or the assigned sorting bin, the empty general cargo carriers when passing an entry place again with mail items be loaded.
  • the sorting device When delivering the mail to the above described sorting device must be on a conveyor, such as. mail arriving to a belt conveyor, targeted and preferably individually to those with relative delivered high-speed general cargo carriers become.
  • the invention specified in claim 1 is the problem based on a simply constructed transfer device for To create mail with which the on a conveyor incoming mail reliably to all-round general cargo carriers can be delivered to a sorting device.
  • the transfer device according to the invention in addition to the delivery of mail to a sorting facility can for example the transfer device according to the invention also in storage systems or order picking machines also for comparable tasks are used in which on a first conveyor arriving, with codes provided piece goods on piece goods carriers of a second conveyor should be handed over.
  • the invention is based on the knowledge that an impeller with preferably fixed wings on the one hand a safe reception of the on a first conveyor incoming cargo, and that on the other hand by the coordination of circumferential speed and circumferential division of the impeller on the speed and division of the circulating general cargo carrier also a targeted transfer of the General cargo to the individual general cargo carriers is guaranteed.
  • For a safe reception of the incoming general cargo in the individual cells of the impeller is only one Coordination of speed and spacing of the arriving piece goods on peripheral speed and Circumferential pitch of the impeller required.
  • the segmentation of the impeller and the first conveyor enables a direct transport of the piece goods into the cells of the impeller.
  • the delivery of the general cargo from the first Conveyor to the cells of the impeller is so manageable, especially because of one of the The shape and mass of the litter depending on the piece goods are dispensed with can.
  • the guidance of the segments around the coaxially and rotatably arranged Deflection wheels offers the possibility of securing the general cargo safely to the back end of the pharynx-shaped cells of the impeller to transport.
  • the leadership of the segments of the first Conveyor via deflection wheels of the impeller required however, a greater maintenance effort than a version with segments protruding freely into the cells of the impeller the first conveyor.
  • the development according to claim 2 enables a parallel Alignment of wings and first conveyor in the transfer area, so that the general cargo is extremely gentle on the respective Wing lifted parallel from the conveyor can be.
  • the tangential alignment also enables the wing adjusts the cells in the transfer area an inclination of the circulating general cargo carriers and thus a Particularly safe transfer of the piece goods to the rotating ones General cargo carriers.
  • the embodiment according to claim 3 enables a permanent Tuning and adjustment of the impeller to the division of the General cargo carriers even if between individual groups of General cargo gaps are present. Such gaps arise for example, if there are several general cargo carriers rotating carriage attached to the second conveyor are.
  • the preferred embodiment according to claim 4 enables one Transport of the piece goods on the further conveyor in a predetermined pitch and a handover of the General cargo to the first conveyor while maintaining it this pitch.
  • the division distance of the piece goods can, for example, by the aligned gallery of the other Conveyor are specified, these tunnels then in the area of the handover to the first conveyor dive down. An upset or otherwise mechanical impairment of the piece goods by the studs in the area of the cells of the impeller is thus avoided.
  • the development according to claim 5 enables permanent Adjustment of the speed of the incoming piece goods the peripheral speed of the impeller.
  • the guide means according to claim 6 can cause it to fall out of the general cargo from the cells in the front of the delivery area circumferential area of the impeller excluded with certainty become.
  • the management means according to claim 7 formed by an endlessly circulating band, so can the risk of mechanical impairment of the piece goods can be excluded with certainty because the tape automatically and runs at the same speed.
  • FIG. 1 shows a highly simplified schematic representation a transfer device for general cargo.
  • This transfer device comprises a rotating impeller FR, the order of the wheel axis RA indicated by a cross Wing F form sector-shaped cells Z, which on a first incoming device FE1 pick up incoming general cargo S. and to circulating general cargo carriers ST of a second conveyor Submit FE2.
  • the general cargo S then falls out of the Cells Z in the delivery area in the assigned general cargo carriers ST of the second conveyor FE2.
  • the one regarding imaginary inner circle of the impeller FR tangential alignment the wing F enables in the transfer area an adaptation to the inclination of the general cargo carrier ST.
  • the speed v1 and the pitch t1 of the on the further conveyor FEW and the first conveyor FE1 incoming piece goods S, the peripheral speed u and the circumferential pitch t2 of the impeller FR and the speed v3 and the division t3 of the rotating general cargo carriers ST are so coordinated that always a consistently safe transfer of the general cargo S is guaranteed is.
  • the speed v1 and the division distance t1 of the incoming piece goods S are chosen so that each the next empty cell Z of the same Load the angular velocity of the rotating impeller FR can be.
  • the circumferential pitch t2 of the wing F of the impeller FR and the division t3 of the general cargo carrier ST are so matched to each other, like the divisions of gear and Rack that mesh with each other.
  • the circumferential speed u of the impeller must still be used FR and the speed v3 of the general cargo carrier ST be coordinated so that the horizontal components these speeds are the same and that shown Assignment of the circumferential division t2 of the cells Z in the circumferential area get the division t3 of the general cargo carrier ST remains.
  • a common motor M drives a first one Drive wheel AR1, a belt indicated by dash-dotted lines RI1 and a wheel RD the shaft W (see Figure 3) of the impeller FR on.
  • the motor M drives by way of dotted lines Belt RI2 shown the guide roller URO1, which in turn over another shown in dash-dotted lines
  • Belt RI3 drives the tension pulley SR.
  • the common motor M ensures that the first conveyor FE1 and the further conveyor FEW always at the same speed v1 are driven, while on the other hand also guaranteed is that the ratio of this speed v1 to the peripheral speed u or the angular velocity of the Vane wheel FR is always preserved.
  • the management of the further conveyor system divided into segments SG2 FEW via the two pulleys URO1 and URO2 enables a smooth transfer of the general cargo S (see FIG. 1) to the first conveyor FE1.
  • a particular advantage is that the not in the drawing shown in more detail, to maintain the separation distance t1 (cf. FIG. 1) but the necessary cross studs of the segments SG2 from the common funding level of the funding institutions Dip FE1 and FEW down. By this immersion of the cross tunnels prevents them the piece goods S (see Figure 1) in the cells Z of the impeller Compress FR and damage it if necessary.
  • the division distance t1 + ⁇ t is 510 mm. That with 20.8 revolutions per minute revolving impeller FR has sixteen cells Z and four empty cells LZ.
  • the circumferential pitch t2 of the impeller FR is approximately 127 mm.
  • the division t3 at one speed v3 0.625 m / s rotating general cargo carrier ST 100 mm, while the gap L2 between two groups of General cargo carriers ST is 50 mm each.
  • the indicated in Figure 3 Segmentation of the impeller FR and the first conveyor FE1 comprises a total of ten segments of the impeller FR and nine segments SG1 of the first conveyor FE1.

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  1. Dispositif de transfert d'articles de détail (S), en particulier d'articles postaux, comportant une roue rotative (FR) à palettes, dont les palettes (F) forment des alvéoles (Z) qui prélèvent les articles de détail (S) arrivant sur un. premier dispositif de convoyage (FE1), puis les délivrent à des supports rotatifs (ST) d'un deuxième dispositif de convoyage (FE2), la vitesse (v1) et l'intervalle de séparation (t1) des articles de détail (S) arrivant, la vitesse périphérique lu) et la répartition périphérique (t2) de la roue (FR) à palettes, et la vitesse (v3) et la distribution (t3) des supports rotatifs (ST) d'articles de détail, étant coordonnés les uns aux autres,
    caractérisé
    par le fait que les palettes (F) de la roue (FR) à palettes présentent plusieurs espaces vides (L1) se succédant dans la direction axiale ; par le fait que des segments (SG1) du premier dispositif de convoyage (FE1) sont guidés, dans la région des espaces vides (L1), dans les alvéoles (Z) de la roue (FR) à palettes ; et par le fait que les segments (SG1) du premier dispositif de convoyage (FE1) sont guidés autour de roues de renvoi (UR) de la roue (FR) à palettes, montées coaxiales et rotatives.
  2. Dispositif de transfert selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que les palettes (F) sont orientées tangentiellement à une circonférence s'étendant concentriquement à l'axe (RA) de la roue (FR) à palettes.
  3. Dispositif de transfert selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que la roue (FR) à palettes est équipée de palettes additionnelles (ZF) montées fixes et formant à chaque fois, conjointement à une palette (F) décalée en arrière, des alvéoles vides (LZ) affectés aux espaces vides (L2) entre deux groupes de supports (ST) d'articles de détail.
  4. Dispositif de transfert selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé
    par le fait qu'un dispositif de convoyage supplémentaire (FEW), scindé en des segments (SG2), est installé avant le premier dispositif de convoyage (FE1) scindé en des segments (SG1) ; et par le fait que les segments (SG2) du dispositif de convoyage supplémentaire (FEW) sont guidés, après la; zone de transfert, au-dessous du plan commun de convoyage du premier dispositif de convoyage (FE1) et dudit dispositif de convoyage supplémentaire (FEW).
  5. Dispositif de transfert selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que la roue (FR) à palettes et le premier dispositif de convoyage (FE1) sont entraínés par l'intermédiaire d'un moteur commun (M).
  6. Dispositif de transfert selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que des moyens de guidage des articles de détail (S) sont affectés à la zone périphérique de la roue (FR) à palettes qui, observée dans la direction de rotation (DR), se trouve avant le transfert au deuxième dispositif de convoyage.
  7. Dispositif de transfert selon la revendication 6,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que les moyens de guidage sont formés par une bande (EB) tournant sans fin.
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