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EP3661664A1 - Device for feeding a magazine for unstacking mail items on-edge - Google Patents

Device for feeding a magazine for unstacking mail items on-edge

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EP3661664A1
EP3661664A1 EP18737949.0A EP18737949A EP3661664A1 EP 3661664 A1 EP3661664 A1 EP 3661664A1 EP 18737949 A EP18737949 A EP 18737949A EP 3661664 A1 EP3661664 A1 EP 3661664A1
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Prior art keywords
tray
unstacking
magazine
mail items
conveyor
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German (de)
French (fr)
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Frédéric Mestrallet
Damien Hugues
Olivier De Sousa
Jean Rieu
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Solystic SAS
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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
    • B07C1/06—Orientating; Aligning ; Aligning to one edge
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H15/00—Overturning articles
    • B65H15/02—Overturning piles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/04—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates
    • B65H31/06—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled on edge
    • 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
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/02—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/30—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for replenishing the pile during continuous separation of articles therefrom
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4225—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles in or on special supports
    • B65H2301/42254—Boxes; Cassettes; Containers
    • B65H2301/422542—Boxes; Cassettes; Containers emptying or unloading processes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail

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  • the field of the invention is that of the processing of mail items in a postal or logistics sorting center.
  • the invention relates more particularly to a device for supplying an unstacking magazine with mail items.
  • Document FR 2 663 915 discloses a device specifically designed to supply a destacking store with mail pieces on edge from mail items ordered and stacked flat in bins, generally large format mail items.
  • This device comprises a feed conveyor which transports in sequence the bins crosswise in a certain conveying direction to the unstacking magazine.
  • An automated tray tipping system is also provided at a downstream end of the conveyor for pivoting the trays one by one forward in the conveying direction on the unstacking magazine.
  • the pile of mail items stored flat in the bin is thus tilted forward so that mail items are singing in the bin.
  • the tilting system is also arranged to incline the tray sufficiently on the unstacking magazine to allow the stack of mail items on the edge of the tray to slide on the unstacking magazine.
  • the mail items are thus advantageously oriented on edge and ordered in sequence on the unstacking magazine to be moved by an operator using a pallet until the unstacker.
  • This feeding device is however not suitable for processing mail items stored on edge in bins.
  • the trays loaded with mail pieces on edge are generally oriented lengthwise on the conveyor prohibiting support by means of tilting tray crosswise.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to solve the aforementioned problems by proposing an improved feed device capable of feeding a stacking magazine with mail items stored flat. and on edge in an ergonomically optimized work space for an operator while minimizing the floor area of the device.
  • the subject of the invention is a device for feeding an unstacking magazine with articles of mail on edge
  • a first feed conveyor which extends in a certain conveying direction to said unstacking magazine for conveying cross-sided bins loaded with mail items laid flat in the bottom of the bins and a tray tilting means interposed between said first feed conveyor and the magazine adapted to pivot on the front a tray in said conveying direction on a ramp of the tilting means so as to bring the mail items on edge from the tray on the unstacking magazine
  • it further comprises a second supply conveyor which extends parallel to the first conveyor according to said conveying direction up to said unstacking shop for conveying bins oriented lengthwise loaded with mail items deposited on edge in the bottom of trays and a tray overturning means interposed between said second feed conveyor and said unstacking magazine adapted to fold a tray on the side transverse to said conveying direction on the unstacking magazine so as to bring the mail items onto singing from the tray on the unstacking magazine
  • the idea underlying the invention is to supply a desilage store in mail items singing from mail items stacked flat or edge in trays conveyed on two separate conveyors.
  • the invention consists in causing the two conveyors to converge at the tipping and tray overturning means in order to create a pile-up area of mail pieces on edge on the unstacking magazine.
  • each stack of mail items is tilted from the front or side, depending on its orientation flat or on edge in the bins, to be oriented on singing in sequence on the pile reconstruction area of mail items .
  • the operator is thus placed in front of the stack reconstruction zone to recover the pile of mail items on edge coming from the tilting or overturning means.
  • the overturning means also makes it possible to process landscape and portrait oriented mail items, also known as mixed mail items.
  • the device according to the invention may have the following particularities:
  • the second tilting means comprises a stop at the bottom of the ramp designed to block the foot of a tray and leverage to set a tray on said unstacking store.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation in perspective of the device for feeding an unstacking magazine according to the invention:
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrammatic representations in perspective of the device for feeding an unstacking magazine according to the invention with mailpieces stacked flat in bins on the first conveyor;
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the device for feeding an unstacking magazine according to the invention with mail items stacked on edge in bins on the second conveyor;
  • the device 1 according to the invention as shown in Figure 1 is particularly suitable for supplying an unstacking store 2 in mail items 3 of a postal sorting center or logistics.
  • Stacking shop 2 is a temporary storage magazine for mail items that feeds an unstacker.
  • the mail items 3 that feed the unstacking shop are usually letters, parcels, packages, etc.
  • the device 1 comprises first and second feed conveyors 4, 5 designed to convey bins 6 loaded with mail items 3 in a certain conveying direction F1 to the unstacking magazine 2.
  • the two conveyors 4, 5 converge at a downstream end 7 of the unstacking magazine 2 in order to concentrate the supply of mail items 3 on the stacking magazine 2 at a stack reconstruction zone ZI in mail items bounded in dotted line in FIG.
  • the stack reconstruction zone ZI is advantageously located near a working zone Z2 of the Operator.
  • the first and second conveyors 4, 5 are also terminated respectively by a tipping means 8 of the tray 6 and a tipping means 9 of the tray 6.
  • Each means 8, 9 is respectively adapted to switch a tray loaded with mail items 3 oriented flat 3A, shown in Figures 2 and 3, and oriented on edge 3B, shown in Figure 4.
  • the tilting means 8 is adapted to pivot a tray 6 on the front in the conveying direction Fl on a ramp 10 of the tilting means.
  • the mail items 3 stored flat in the tray 6 are thus tilted and inclined edge in the tray to be discharged by sliding to the unstacking magazine 2, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
  • the ramp 10 of the tilting means is here curved to naturally slow the sliding of mail items 3 on edge.
  • the overturning means 9 is designed to lay a tray 6 transversely to the conveying direction Fl on the unstacking magazine 2.
  • the mail items 3 stored on edge in the tray 6 are thus slanted on edge on another slice and slide from the tray 6 on the unstacking magazine 2, as shown in Figure 4.
  • the mail items stored flat in the bins are conveyed on the first conveyor 4 to be tilted by the tilting means 8 while the mail pieces 3 on edge in the bins are conveyed on the second conveyor 5 to be tilted by means of overturning 9.
  • the tilting means 8 is automated so that each tray 6 arriving at the downstream end of the first feed conveyor 4 is automatically switched to the unstacking magazine 2 in an unloading position.
  • the tilting means 8 comprises a hoop 11 rectangular designed to hook the top edges 12 of a tray 6 and rotate it by one of these edges facing the unstacking shop.
  • the rotated tray 6 remains in the unloading position, as shown in Figure 3, according to a predefined time to allow the operator to retrieve the stack of mail items 3 which slips on edge on the unstacking magazine 2.
  • the empty tray 6 is automatically rotated in the opposite direction to be evacuated on a discharge conveyor 13 of the device according to the invention.
  • the tray evacuation conveyor 13, shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 extends here along the first conveyor 4, 5 to facilitate the evacuation of the empty trays 6 of mail items 3 from the warehouse. unstacking 2 to a storage area of the trays Z3, shown in dotted line in FIG.
  • a new tray 6 loaded with mail items 3 then arrives at the end of the first conveyor 4 to be rotated in turn and so on.
  • the pitch between each tray 6 on the first conveyor 4 is thus determined as a function of the conveying speed and the tilting time in the unloading position.
  • the overturning means 9 comprises a ramp 14 which extends transversely with respect to the conveying direction F1 and which goes down from the second feed conveyor 5 to the unstacking magazine 2.
  • This ramp 14 makes it possible to tilt and slide a tray 6 transversely with respect to the direction of Fl.
  • the second tilting means 9 further comprises a stop 15 at the bottom of the ramp 14 designed to block the foot of a tray 6 in transverse displacement on the ramp 14.
  • the coated tray 6 remains in abutment on the abutment 15 so as to maintain an inclined position of the tray on the unstacking magazine 2 to facilitate the unloading of mail items 3 on edge.
  • the empty tray 6 is then recovered by the operator to be placed on the conveyor 13 for evacuation of the tray.
  • the ramps 10 and 14 are also intersecting with each other and are disposed on two adjacent sides of the mail rectification pile stacking zone ZI on said unstacking magazine.
  • This arrangement of the ramps improves the working ergonomics of the operator.

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Abstract

A device (1) for feeding a magazine (2) for unstacking mail items (3) on-edge, comprising a first feed conveyor (4) for conveying transversely orientated bins (6) loaded with mail items laid flat in the bottom of the bins, and a tilting means (8) for tilting the bin in order to pivot, on the front, a bin on a ramp of the tilting means, so as to bring the mail items on-edge, from the bin onto the unstacking magazine. The device comprises a second feed conveyor (5) for conveying bins (6) orientated lengthwise loaded with mail items (3) arranged on-edge in the bottom of the bins and a means (9) for inverting bins (6) designed to lay a bin on the side of the unstacking magazine.

Description

DISPOSITIF POUR ALIMENTER UN MAGASIN DE DEPILAGE EN ARTICLES DE COURRIER SUR CHANT  DEVICE FOR FEEDING A STRIPPING STORE IN SINGLE MAIL ARTICLES
Domaine technique Le domaine de l'invention est celui du traitement d'articles de courrier en centre de tri postal ou logistique . TECHNICAL FIELD The field of the invention is that of the processing of mail items in a postal or logistics sorting center.
L'invention concerne plus particulièrement un dispositif pour alimenter un magasin de dépilage en articles de courrier.  The invention relates more particularly to a device for supplying an unstacking magazine with mail items.
Technique antérieure Prior art
Il est connu du document FR 2 663 915 un dispositif spécifiquement conçu pour alimenter un magasin de dépilage en articles de courrier sur chant à partir d'articles de courrier ordonnés et empilés à plat dans des bacs, généralement des articles de courrier grand format .  Document FR 2 663 915 discloses a device specifically designed to supply a destacking store with mail pieces on edge from mail items ordered and stacked flat in bins, generally large format mail items.
Ce dispositif comprend un convoyeur d'alimentation qui transporte en séquence les bacs en travers selon une certaine direction de convoyage jusqu'au magasin de dépilage .  This device comprises a feed conveyor which transports in sequence the bins crosswise in a certain conveying direction to the unstacking magazine.
Un système automatisé de basculement de bac est également prévu à une extrémité aval du convoyeur pour pivoter les bacs un par un vers l'avant dans la direction de convoyage sur le magasin de dépilage.  An automated tray tipping system is also provided at a downstream end of the conveyor for pivoting the trays one by one forward in the conveying direction on the unstacking magazine.
La pile d'articles de courrier stockée à plat dans le bac est ainsi basculée vers l'avant de sorte que les articles de courrier se retrouvent sur chant dans le bac.  The pile of mail items stored flat in the bin is thus tilted forward so that mail items are singing in the bin.
Le système de basculement est également agencé pour incliner suffisamment le bac sur le magasin de dépilage afin de permettre le glissement de la pile d'articles de courrier sur chant du bac sur le magasin de dépilage. The tilting system is also arranged to incline the tray sufficiently on the unstacking magazine to allow the stack of mail items on the edge of the tray to slide on the unstacking magazine.
Les articles de courrier sont ainsi avantageusement orientés sur chant et ordonnés en séquence sur le magasin de dépilage pour être déplacés par un Opérateur à l'aide d'une palette jusqu'au dépileur.  The mail items are thus advantageously oriented on edge and ordered in sequence on the unstacking magazine to be moved by an operator using a pallet until the unstacker.
Ce dispositif d'alimentation n'est cependant pas adapté pour traiter des articles de courrier stockés sur chant dans des bacs.  This feeding device is however not suitable for processing mail items stored on edge in bins.
En effet, les bacs chargés en articles de courrier sur chant sont généralement orientés en long sur le convoyeur interdisant une prise en charge par le moyen de basculement de bac orienté en travers.  Indeed, the trays loaded with mail pieces on edge are generally oriented lengthwise on the conveyor prohibiting support by means of tilting tray crosswise.
D'autre part, même si un bac orienté en long était basculé par le devant, les articles de courrier sur chant seraient orientés soit à plat sur le magasin de dépilage soit toujours sur chant mais sans être ordonnés en séquence .  On the other hand, even if a tray oriented long was tilted from the front, mail items singing would be oriented either flat on the unstacking store is still singing but not ordered in sequence.
C'est pour cette raison que les articles de courrier stockés sur chant dans les bacs sont généralement traités manuellement par l'Opérateur qui fait lui-même l'opération de basculement et d'orientation du bac sur le magasin de dépilage.  It is for this reason that the mail items stored on edge in the bins are usually processed manually by the operator who does the operation of tilting and orientation of the tray on the unstacking shop.
Les bacs chargés en articles de courrier étant lourds et volumineux, cette opération de manutention de bac est fatigante pour l'Opérateur.  The bins loaded with mail items being heavy and bulky, this bin handling operation is tiring for the Operator.
Exposé de l'invention Presentation of the invention
Le but de l'invention est donc de résoudre les problèmes précités en proposant un dispositif d'alimentation amélioré capable d'alimenter un magasin d'empilage avec des articles de courrier stockés à plat et sur chant dans un espace de travail ergonomiquement optimisé pour un Opérateur tout en minimisant la surface d'occupation au sol du dispositif. The object of the invention is therefore to solve the aforementioned problems by proposing an improved feed device capable of feeding a stacking magazine with mail items stored flat. and on edge in an ergonomically optimized work space for an operator while minimizing the floor area of the device.
A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un dispositif pour alimenter un magasin de dépilage en articles de courrier sur chant comprenant un premier convoyeur d'alimentation qui s'étend selon une certaine direction de convoyage jusqu'audit magasin de dépilage pour convoyer des bacs orientés en travers et chargés en articles de courrier déposés à plat dans le fond des bacs et un moyen de basculement de bac interposé entre ledit premier convoyeur d'alimentation et le magasin conçu pour pivoter sur le devant un bac dans ladite direction de convoyage sur une rampe du moyen de basculement de sorte à amener les articles de courrier sur chant depuis le bac sur le magasin de dépilage, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre un second convoyeur d'alimentation qui s'étend parallèlement au premier convoyeur selon ladite direction de convoyage jusqu'audit magasin de dépilage pour convoyer des bacs orientés en long chargés en articles de courrier déposés sur chant dans le fond des bacs et un moyen de renversement de bac interposé entre ledit second convoyeur d'alimentation et ledit magasin de dépilage conçu pour coucher un bac sur le côté transversalement à ladite direction de convoyage sur le magasin de dépilage de sorte à amener les articles de courrier sur chant depuis le bac sur le magasin de dépilage et en ce que ledit moyen de renversement comprend une rampe sécante avec la rampe du moyen de basculement, lesdites rampes étant disposées sur deux côtés adjacents d'une zone de reconstruction de pile d'articles de courrier sur chant sur ledit magasin de dépilage . For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a device for feeding an unstacking magazine with articles of mail on edge comprising a first feed conveyor which extends in a certain conveying direction to said unstacking magazine for conveying cross-sided bins loaded with mail items laid flat in the bottom of the bins and a tray tilting means interposed between said first feed conveyor and the magazine adapted to pivot on the front a tray in said conveying direction on a ramp of the tilting means so as to bring the mail items on edge from the tray on the unstacking magazine, characterized in that it further comprises a second supply conveyor which extends parallel to the first conveyor according to said conveying direction up to said unstacking shop for conveying bins oriented lengthwise loaded with mail items deposited on edge in the bottom of trays and a tray overturning means interposed between said second feed conveyor and said unstacking magazine adapted to fold a tray on the side transverse to said conveying direction on the unstacking magazine so as to bring the mail items onto singing from the tray on the unstacking magazine and in that said reversing means comprises a secant ramp with the ramp of the tilting means, said ramps being disposed on two adjacent sides of a pile reconstruction area of mail items on singing on said store of unstacking.
L'idée à la base de l'invention consiste à alimenter un magasin de dépilage en articles de courrier sur chant à partir d'articles de courrier empilés à plat ou sur chant dans des bacs convoyés sur deux convoyeurs distincts .  The idea underlying the invention is to supply a desilage store in mail items singing from mail items stacked flat or edge in trays conveyed on two separate conveyors.
L'invention consiste à faire converger les deux convoyeurs au niveau de moyen de basculement et de renversement de bac afin de créer une zone de reconstruction de pile d'articles de courrier sur chant sur le magasin de dépilage.  The invention consists in causing the two conveyors to converge at the tipping and tray overturning means in order to create a pile-up area of mail pieces on edge on the unstacking magazine.
Ainsi, chaque pile d'articles de courrier est basculée de face ou de côté, en fonction de son orientation à plat ou sur chant dans les bacs, pour être orientée sur chant en séquence sur la zone de reconstruction de pile d'articles de courrier.  Thus, each stack of mail items is tilted from the front or side, depending on its orientation flat or on edge in the bins, to be oriented on singing in sequence on the pile reconstruction area of mail items .
L'Opérateur se place ainsi face à la zone de reconstruction de pile pour récupérer la pile d'articles de courrier sur chant provenant des moyens de basculement ou renversement.  The operator is thus placed in front of the stack reconstruction zone to recover the pile of mail items on edge coming from the tilting or overturning means.
Le moyen de renversement permet également de traiter des articles de courrier orientés en paysage et portrait, également appelés articles de courrier mixtes.  The overturning means also makes it possible to process landscape and portrait oriented mail items, also known as mixed mail items.
En effet, une fois basculés, les articles de courrier mixtes se présentent toujours en séquence ordonnée sur chant sur une autre tranche en passant de l'orientation paysage à portrait et vice-versa.  Indeed, once switched, mixed mail items are always in sequence ordered singing on another slice from landscape to portrait orientation and vice versa.
Ainsi, l'Opérateur ne soulève plus de bacs chargés en articles de courrier pour les déposer sur le magasin de dépilage et n'a plus besoin d'orienter les articles de courrier sur chant en séquence sur le magasin de dépilage . Le dispositif selon l'invention peut présenter les particularités suivantes : Thus, the Operator no longer raises bins loaded with mail items to deposit them on the unstacking shop and no longer needs to direct the pieces of mail on singing in sequence on the unstacking shop. The device according to the invention may have the following particularities:
- il comprend un convoyeur d'évacuation de bac qui s'étend le long du premier convoyeur d'alimentation du magasin de dépilage ;  it comprises a tray evacuation conveyor which extends along the first supply conveyor of the unstacking magazine;
- le second moyen de basculement comprend une butée en bas de la rampe conçue pour bloquer le pied d'un bac et faire effet de levier pour coucher un bac sur ledit magasin de dépilage.  - The second tilting means comprises a stop at the bottom of the ramp designed to block the foot of a tray and leverage to set a tray on said unstacking store.
Présentation sommaire des dessins Brief presentation of the drawings
La présente invention sera mieux comprise et d'autres avantages apparaîtront à la lecture de la description détaillée du mode de réalisation pris à titre d'exemple nullement limitatif et illustré par les dessins annexés, dans lesquels :  The present invention will be better understood and other advantages will appear on reading the detailed description of the embodiment taken by way of nonlimiting example and illustrated by the appended drawings, in which:
la figure 1 est une représentation schématique en perspective du dispositif pour alimenter un magasin de dépilage selon l'invention :  FIG. 1 is a schematic representation in perspective of the device for feeding an unstacking magazine according to the invention:
- les figures 2 et 3 sont des représentations schématiques en perspective du dispositif pour alimenter un magasin de dépilage selon l'invention avec des articles de courrier empilés à plat dans des bacs sur le premier convoyeur ; FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrammatic representations in perspective of the device for feeding an unstacking magazine according to the invention with mailpieces stacked flat in bins on the first conveyor;
- la figure 4 est représentation schématique en perspective du dispositif pour alimenter un magasin de dépilage selon l'invention avec des articles de courrier empilés sur chant dans des bacs sur le deuxième convoyeur ; - Figure 4 is a schematic perspective view of the device for feeding an unstacking magazine according to the invention with mail items stacked on edge in bins on the second conveyor;
Description du mode de réalisation Le dispositif 1 selon l'invention tel que représenté sur la figure 1 est particulièrement adapté pour alimenter un magasin de dépilage 2 en articles de courrier 3 d'un centre de tri postal ou logistique. Description of the embodiment The device 1 according to the invention as shown in Figure 1 is particularly suitable for supplying an unstacking store 2 in mail items 3 of a postal sorting center or logistics.
On entend par magasin dépilage 2 un magasin de stockage temporaire en articles de courrier qui alimente un dépileur.  Stacking shop 2 is a temporary storage magazine for mail items that feeds an unstacker.
Les articles de courrier 3 qui alimentent le magasin de dépilage sont généralement des lettres, des colis, des paquets, etc.  The mail items 3 that feed the unstacking shop are usually letters, parcels, packages, etc.
Sur la figure 1, le dispositif 1 comprend un premier et un second convoyeurs 4, 5 d'alimentation conçus pour convoyer des bacs 6 chargés en articles de courrier 3 selon une certaine direction de convoyage Fl jusqu'au magasin de dépilage 2.  In FIG. 1, the device 1 comprises first and second feed conveyors 4, 5 designed to convey bins 6 loaded with mail items 3 in a certain conveying direction F1 to the unstacking magazine 2.
Les deux convoyeurs 4, 5 convergent à une extrémité aval 7 du magasin de dépilage 2 afin de concentrer l'alimentation en articles de courrier 3 sur le magasin d'empilage 2 au niveau d'une zone ZI de reconstruction de pile en articles de courrier délimitée en pointillée sur la figure 1.  The two conveyors 4, 5 converge at a downstream end 7 of the unstacking magazine 2 in order to concentrate the supply of mail items 3 on the stacking magazine 2 at a stack reconstruction zone ZI in mail items bounded in dotted line in FIG.
La zone ZI de reconstruction de pile est avantageusement située à proximité d'une zone de travail Z2 de l'Opérateur.  The stack reconstruction zone ZI is advantageously located near a working zone Z2 of the Operator.
Les premier et second convoyeurs 4, 5 sont également terminés respectivement par un moyen de basculement 8 de bac 6 et un moyen de renversement 9 de bac 6.  The first and second conveyors 4, 5 are also terminated respectively by a tipping means 8 of the tray 6 and a tipping means 9 of the tray 6.
Chaque moyen 8, 9 est respectivement conçu pour basculer un bac chargé en articles de courrier 3 orienté à plat 3A, représenté sur les figures 2 et 3, et orienté sur chant 3B, représenté sur la figure 4.  Each means 8, 9 is respectively adapted to switch a tray loaded with mail items 3 oriented flat 3A, shown in Figures 2 and 3, and oriented on edge 3B, shown in Figure 4.
Le moyen de basculement 8 est conçu pour pivoter un bac 6 sur le devant dans la direction de convoyage Fl sur une rampe 10 du moyen de basculement. The tilting means 8 is adapted to pivot a tray 6 on the front in the conveying direction Fl on a ramp 10 of the tilting means.
Les articles de courrier 3 stockés à plat dans le bac 6 sont ainsi basculés et inclinés sur chant dans le bac pour être déchargés par glissement jusqu'au magasin de dépilage 2, comme représenté sur les figures 2 et 3.  The mail items 3 stored flat in the tray 6 are thus tilted and inclined edge in the tray to be discharged by sliding to the unstacking magazine 2, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
La rampe 10 du moyen de basculement est ici incurvée pour ralentir naturellement le glissement des articles de courrier 3 sur chant.  The ramp 10 of the tilting means is here curved to naturally slow the sliding of mail items 3 on edge.
Le moyen de renversement 9 est quant à lui conçu pour coucher un bac 6 transversalement à la direction de convoyage Fl sur le magasin de dépilage 2.  The overturning means 9 is designed to lay a tray 6 transversely to the conveying direction Fl on the unstacking magazine 2.
Les articles de courrier 3 stockés sur chant dans le bac 6 se présentent ainsi inclinés sur chant sur une autre tranche et glissent depuis le bac 6 sur le magasin de dépilage 2, comme représenté sur la figure 4.  The mail items 3 stored on edge in the tray 6 are thus slanted on edge on another slice and slide from the tray 6 on the unstacking magazine 2, as shown in Figure 4.
Même si les deux convoyeurs 4, 5 sont conçus pour convoyer tous types de bacs, l'orientation des articles de courrier 3 dans chaque bac 6 détermine le convoyeur sur lequel il doit être convoyé.  Even if the two conveyors 4, 5 are designed to convey all types of bins, the orientation of the mail items 3 in each tray 6 determines the conveyor on which it must be conveyed.
Ainsi, les articles de courrier stockés à plat dans les bacs sont convoyés sur le premier convoyeur 4 pour être basculés par le moyen de basculement 8 alors que les articles de courrier 3 sur chant dans les bacs sont convoyés sur le second convoyeur 5 pour être basculés par le moyen de renversement 9.  Thus, the mail items stored flat in the bins are conveyed on the first conveyor 4 to be tilted by the tilting means 8 while the mail pieces 3 on edge in the bins are conveyed on the second conveyor 5 to be tilted by means of overturning 9.
Le moyen de basculement 8 est automatisé de sorte que chaque bac 6 arrivant à l'extrémité aval du premier convoyeur 4 d'alimentation est automatiquement basculé sur le magasin de dépilage 2 dans une position de déchargement .  The tilting means 8 is automated so that each tray 6 arriving at the downstream end of the first feed conveyor 4 is automatically switched to the unstacking magazine 2 in an unloading position.
Le moyen de basculement 8 comprend un arceau 11 rectangulaire conçu pour venir accrocher les bords supérieurs 12 d'un bac 6 et le faire pivoter par un de ces bords qui fait face au magasin de dépilage. The tilting means 8 comprises a hoop 11 rectangular designed to hook the top edges 12 of a tray 6 and rotate it by one of these edges facing the unstacking shop.
Le bac 6 pivoté reste en position de déchargement, comme représenté sur la figure 3, selon un temps prédéfini pour permettre à l'Opérateur de récupérer la pile d'articles de courrier 3 qui glisse sur chant sur le magasin de dépilage 2.  The rotated tray 6 remains in the unloading position, as shown in Figure 3, according to a predefined time to allow the operator to retrieve the stack of mail items 3 which slips on edge on the unstacking magazine 2.
Une fois le temps écoulé en position de déchargement, le bac 6 vide est automatiquement pivoté dans le sens inverse pour être évacué sur un convoyeur d'évacuation 13 du dispositif selon l'invention.  Once the time has elapsed in the unloading position, the empty tray 6 is automatically rotated in the opposite direction to be evacuated on a discharge conveyor 13 of the device according to the invention.
Le convoyeur 13 d'évacuation de bacs, représenté sur les figures 1 à 4, s'étend ici le long du premier convoyeur 4, 5 d'alimentation pour faciliter l'évacuation des bacs 6 vides d'articles de courrier 3 du magasin de dépilage 2 vers une zone de stockage des bacs Z3, représentée en pointillée sur la figure 1.  The tray evacuation conveyor 13, shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, extends here along the first conveyor 4, 5 to facilitate the evacuation of the empty trays 6 of mail items 3 from the warehouse. unstacking 2 to a storage area of the trays Z3, shown in dotted line in FIG.
Un nouveau bac 6 chargé en articles de courrier 3 arrive ensuite à l'extrémité du premier convoyeur 4 pour être pivoté à son tour et ainsi de suite.  A new tray 6 loaded with mail items 3 then arrives at the end of the first conveyor 4 to be rotated in turn and so on.
Le pas entre chaque bac 6 sur le premier convoyeur 4 est ainsi déterminé en fonction de la vitesse de convoyage et du temps de basculement en position de déchargement .  The pitch between each tray 6 on the first conveyor 4 is thus determined as a function of the conveying speed and the tilting time in the unloading position.
Le moyen de renversement 9 comprend quant à lui une rampe 14 qui s'étend transversalement par rapport à la direction de convoyage Fl et qui descend du second convoyeur 5 d'alimentation jusqu'au magasin de dépilage 2.  The overturning means 9 comprises a ramp 14 which extends transversely with respect to the conveying direction F1 and which goes down from the second feed conveyor 5 to the unstacking magazine 2.
Cette rampe 14 permet de faire basculer et glisser un bac 6 transversalement par rapport à la direction de convoyage Fl. This ramp 14 makes it possible to tilt and slide a tray 6 transversely with respect to the direction of Fl.
Le second moyen de basculement 9 comprend en outre une butée 15 en bas de la rampe 14 conçue pour bloquer le pied d'un bac 6 en déplacement transversal sur la rampe 14.  The second tilting means 9 further comprises a stop 15 at the bottom of the ramp 14 designed to block the foot of a tray 6 in transverse displacement on the ramp 14.
Ainsi, une fois le pied du bac bloqué, l'Opérateur n'a plus qu'à tirer le bac 6 vers lui par le côté qui lui fait face, en s 'aidant de la butée qui sert de levier, et coucher le bac 6 sur le magasin de dépilage 2.  Thus, once the foot of the tray blocked, the operator has only to draw the tray 6 towards him by the side facing him, using the stop that serves as a lever, and fold the tray 6 on the unstacking shop 2.
On comprendra que le bac 6 couché reste en appuie sur la butée 15 de sorte à maintenir une position inclinée du bac sur le magasin de dépilage 2 pour faciliter le déchargement des articles de courrier 3 sur chant.  It will be understood that the coated tray 6 remains in abutment on the abutment 15 so as to maintain an inclined position of the tray on the unstacking magazine 2 to facilitate the unloading of mail items 3 on edge.
Le bac 6 vide est ensuite récupéré par l'Opérateur pour être déposé sur le convoyeur 13 d'évacuation de bac.  The empty tray 6 is then recovered by the operator to be placed on the conveyor 13 for evacuation of the tray.
Les rampes 10 et 14 sont également sécantes l'une avec l'autre et sont disposées sur deux côtés adjacents de la zone ZI de reconstruction de pile d'articles de courrier sur chant sur ledit magasin de dépilage.  The ramps 10 and 14 are also intersecting with each other and are disposed on two adjacent sides of the mail rectification pile stacking zone ZI on said unstacking magazine.
Cette disposition des rampes améliore l'ergonomie de travail de l'Opérateur.  This arrangement of the ramps improves the working ergonomics of the operator.
De manière supplémentaire, une portion Z4 du second convoyeur 5, représentée en pointillée sur les figures 1 et 4, adjacente à la rampe 14 est conçue pour convoyer les bacs 6 vers la rampe 14 transversalement à la direction de convoyage Fl.  In addition, a portion Z4 of the second conveyor 5, shown in dashed lines in FIGS. 1 and 4, adjacent to the ramp 14, is designed to convey the bins 6 towards the ramp 14 transversely to the conveying direction F1.
Il va de soi que la présente invention ne saurait être limitée au mode de réalisation exposé plus haut, susceptible de subir des modifications sans pour autant sortir du cadre de l'invention.  It goes without saying that the present invention can not be limited to the embodiment described above, subject to modifications without departing from the scope of the invention.

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1. Dispositif (1) pour alimenter un magasin de dépilage (2) en articles de courrier (3) sur chant comprenant un premier convoyeur (4) d'alimentation qui s'étend selon une certaine direction de convoyage (Fl) jusqu'audit magasin de dépilage pour convoyer des bacs (6) orientés en travers et chargés en articles de courrier déposés à plat dans le fond des bacs et un moyen de basculement (8) de bac interposé entre ledit premier convoyeur d'alimentation et le magasin conçu pour pivoter sur le devant un bac dans ladite direction de convoyage sur une rampe (10) du moyen de basculement de sorte à amener les articles de courrier sur chant depuis le bac sur le magasin de dépilage, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre un second convoyeur (5) d'alimentation qui s'étend parallèlement au premier convoyeur selon ladite direction de convoyage (Fl) jusqu'audit magasin de dépilage (2) pour convoyer des bacs (6) orientés en long chargés en articles de courrier (3) déposés sur chant dans le fond des bacs et un moyen de renversement (9) de bac (6) interposé entre ledit second convoyeur d'alimentation et ledit magasin de dépilage conçu pour coucher un bac sur le côté transversalement à ladite direction de convoyage sur le magasin de dépilage de sorte à amener les articles de courrier sur chant depuis le bac sur le magasin de dépilage et en ce que ledit moyen de renversement comprend une rampe (14) sécante avec la rampe (10) du moyen de basculement (8), lesdites rampes (10, 14) étant disposées sur deux côtés adjacents d'une zone (ZI) de reconstruction de pile d'articles de courrier sur chant sur ledit magasin de dépilage. 1. Device (1) for supplying an unstacking magazine (2) with mailpieces (3) on edge including a first conveyor (4) feeding that extends in a certain direction of conveyance (Fl) up to audit unstacking magazine for conveying cross-sectioned bins (6) loaded with mailpieces laid flat in the bottom of the bins and tipping means (8) interposed between said first feed conveyor and the magazine designed for pivoting on the front of a tray in said conveying direction on a ramp (10) of the tilting means so as to bring the mail items on edge from the tray on the unstacking magazine, characterized in that it further comprises a second feeder conveyor (5) extending parallel to the first conveyor in said conveying direction (F1) to said unstacking magazine (2) for conveying trays (6) oriented lengthwise loaded with mail items (3); ) deposited on in the bottom of the bins and a tray overturning means (9) interposed between said second feed conveyor and said unstacking magazine adapted to fold a tray on the side transverse to said conveying direction on the feed hopper; unstacking so as to bring the mail items on edge from the tray on the unstacking magazine and in that said reversing means comprises a ramp (14) secant with the ramp (10) of the tilting means (8), said ramps (10, 14) being disposed on two adjacent sides of a post-stack stack (ZI) of stacked mail items on said unstacking magazine.
2. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un convoyeur (13) d'évacuation de bac (6) qui s'étend le long du premier convoyeur d'alimentation (4) dudit magasin de dépilage (2) . 2. Device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a conveyor (13) tray evacuation (6) which extends along the first feed conveyor (4) of said unstacking magazine (2).
3. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconques des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le second moyen de basculement (9) comprend une butée (15) en bas de la rampe (14) conçue pour bloquer le pied d'un bac (6) et faire effet de levier pour coucher un bac sur ledit magasin de dépilage. 3. Device (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second tilting means (9) comprises a stop (15) at the bottom of the ramp (14) designed to block the foot of a tray (6) and leverage to set a tray on said unstacking shop.
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