JP2014097462A - Marking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a marking device for marking a mark expected to mark on a postal matter determined as a defective, on the same postal matter in a segment number determined as a nondefective in the next place, even when postal matter set as a marking object is determined as a defective.SOLUTION: A control part 10 of a marking device 1 determines the nondefective of a postal matter 2 by using a common number-sequential number read by a reader part 11, and refers to a segment file when determining the postal matter 2 read on the common number-sequential number as a defective, and changes the segment file so that a marking flag of a first mark and a second mark moves to the common number-sequential number of the postal matter carried in the next place in the same segment number as the postal matter read on the common number-sequential number, when the marking flag of the first mark and the second mark is set in the common number-sequential number read by the reader part 11.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for marking a mark for sorting on a sealed mail piece.

  When submitting 2,000 or more mail items, the mail items are classified using the postal district number that indicates the delivery area in the 7-digit postal code as a division number, and a tally that indicates the division number is attached to the mail. By shipping the goods, it is possible to receive a fee discount determined by the postal service provider, so a printing company that undertakes mass production of postal items performs the work of sorting the manufactured postal items by postal code.

  The mail sorting operation can be performed automatically using a system such as the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, but even when sorting using such a system, the quantity of mail pieces In many division numbers, it must be bundled in a bundling unit, and it is necessary to mark a mail piece that is the first in a bundling unit with the same division number with colored ink.

  A conventional marking apparatus includes a continuous form supply unit that supplies continuous forms, a first folding unit that folds continuous forms, a single sheet supply unit that supplies single sheets, a second folding unit that folds single sheets, and a folding machine. The first enclosure supply unit, the second enclosure supply unit for supplying a booklet, the envelope supply unit for supplying the envelope, the enclosure sealing unit for performing the enclosure sealing, etc. The marking device includes a control unit that controls marking, a reader unit that reads a serial number printed on a postal matter transported from a transport mechanism, and a predetermined color on the postal matter by jetting a color-erasing colored ink. And at least one marker portion for marking the mark.

  In the marking device, the serial number of the postal object to be marked, that is, the postal item first in the binding unit with the same classification number is registered, and the control unit of the marking device reads the serial number When a mail piece is a marking target, the marker part is operated to mark the mail piece at a timing when the mail piece passes through the installation place of the marker part.

  However, a rejection mechanism is provided between the reader unit and the marker unit of the marking device to discharge the mail with the serial number reading error or the mail that has been instructed to be removed to the security box. If the serial number read from the postal item indicates a defective product, the postal number that has been read is output to the security box regardless of whether the postal item is a marking target or not. When the target mail was discharged into the security box, there was a problem that mails of two or more categories were bundled.

Japanese Patent No. 3789570

  Therefore, the present invention is intended to mark a postal item determined to be defective even if the postal item to be marked is determined to be defective and discharged to the security box. It is an object of the present invention to provide a marking device that can mark a postal item having the same classification number determined next as a non-defective product.

  A marking device according to a first aspect of the present invention marks a first mark on a postal matter by ejecting a reader part for reading a serial number printed on a sealed postal matter and a color-erasing colored ink. The first marker part, the serial number printed on the postal matter and the division number of the postal matter are associated with each other, and the serial number of the postal matter that is first conveyed with the same division number, A control unit having a division file in which the marking flag of the first mark is set in the serial number of the postal matter first conveyed in the bundling unit for the division number whose postal quantity exceeds the bundling unit Is provided.

  In the marking device according to the first aspect of the invention, when the postal item to be marked is a non-defective product, the control unit allows the reader unit to pass the first mark on the postal item determined to be non-defective. When the serial number is read from the postal matter, the non-defective product is determined using the serial number read by the reader unit. If only the first mark marking flag is set in the serial number read by the reader unit, the first marker unit is instructed to perform marking.

  In addition, the control unit of the marking device according to the first aspect of the present invention determines that the postal item to be marked is defective and is rejected even if it is discharged to the security box. The serial number read by the reader unit is used so that the first mark, which was scheduled to be marked on a postal item, is marked on the postal item having the same classification number determined next as a non-defective product. When the postal matter having the serial number read is determined to be defective, the classification file is referred to and the first mark is marked on the serial number read by the reader unit. When only the flag is set, the marking flag of the first mark is moved to the serial number of the mail that is transported next with the same classification number as the mail that has read the serial number. In To change the serial sorting files.

  Further, the second invention is the marking device according to the first invention, wherein the color erasing system different from that of the first marker part is so that the operator can recognize that the section number has been switched. And a second marker portion for marking the second mark on the postal matter, and in the sorting file, the serial number of the postal matter first transported with the same division number is included. In addition to the marking flag for the first mark, the marking flag for the second mark is set.

  For the same reason as in the first invention, the control unit according to the second invention has the first and second mark marking flags set in the serial number read by the reader unit. If it is determined that the product is non-defective in the non-defective product determination, marking is instructed to the first marker unit and the second marker unit. If the product is determined to be defective in the non-defective product determination, the serial number is read. The sorting file is changed so that the marking marks of the first mark and the second mark move to the serial number of the next mail piece having the same division number as the mail piece.

  Further, a third invention is the marking device according to the first invention or the second invention, wherein the first mark which should have been marked on a postal matter determined to be defective is different in classification number. In order to prevent marking on a mail piece, the control unit determines that a defective product is determined in the non-defective product determination when only the first mark marking flag is set in the serial number read by the reader unit. If it is determined, it is confirmed whether this mail piece is the last mail piece transported by the classification number, and in the case of the last mail piece transported, the first serial number set by the reader unit is read. The classification file is changed so that the marking flag of the mark 1 is canceled.

  Further, a fourth invention is the marking device according to the third invention, wherein the first mark and the second mark which should have been marked on a postal matter determined to be defective are classified numbers. It is possible to prevent marking of different mail pieces, and to indicate to the worker that all mail pieces related to the previous division number are judged as defective and the mail pieces related to the previous division number have not been discharged. As described above, the control unit sets the marking flag of the first mark and the second mark in the serial number read by the reader unit, and the postal item conveyed last by the division number In this case, after clearing the marking flags of the first mark and the second mark set in the serial number read by the reader unit, the mail of the first mail transported by the next division number is sent. Set to a number Demarking flag of the first marks are.

  As described above, according to the present invention, even if a postal item to be marked is determined to be defective and is discharged to the security box, the postal item determined to be defective is marked. It is possible to provide a marking device that marks a planned mark on a postal item having the same classification number determined next as a non-defective product.

The figure explaining the marking apparatus concerning this embodiment. The figure explaining a division file. The figure explaining operation | movement of the control part of a marking apparatus. The figure explaining marking processing. The figure explaining marking object change processing. The figure explaining the specific example of a marking process. FIG. 1 is a first diagram illustrating a specific example of marking object change processing. FIG. 2 illustrates a specific example of marking object change processing.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described. It should be noted that the following description is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but is provided to aid understanding.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a marking device 1 according to the present embodiment. The marking device 1 according to the present embodiment includes a control unit 10 that controls marking on a postal matter 2 conveyed by the conveyance mechanism 3a of the enclosing sealer, and a reader that reads a serial number printed on the postal matter 2. Part 11 and a first marker part 12 for injecting a decolored coloring ink to mark the first mark on the mail piece 2, and in the present embodiment, the first marker part 12 is a color. Are provided with a second marker portion 13 for marking the post mark 2 with a second mark by ejecting different colored inks.

  The marking device 1 according to the present embodiment is a device provided on the discharge side of the enclosing sealer. Between the reader unit 11 of the marking device 1 and each marker, the postal matter 2 determined by the marking device 1 as a defective product is provided. A reject mechanism 3b is provided for discharging to the security box 3c without opening.

  The reader unit 11 is provided in the marking device 1 to read the serial number printed on the postal matter 2. The specific form of the reader unit 11 depends on the printing form of the serial number. For example, when the serial number is printed on the mail piece 2 in the form of a barcode, the reader unit 11 is realized by a barcode reader. In addition, when the serial number is printed on the postal matter 2 with OCR characters, the reader unit 11 is realized by a camera.

  The first marker unit 12 that marks the first mark on the postal matter 2 and the second marker unit 13 that marks the second mark on the postal matter 2 are realized by an ink jet printer. 12 and the color of the erasable coloring ink attached to the second marker portion 13 are different.

  The control unit 10 of the marking device 1 will be described. The control unit 10 of the marking device 1 is a device realized using a control device such as a personal computer or a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller). The control unit 10 of the marking device 1 includes a reader unit 11 and a first marker. The unit 12 and the second marker unit 13 are connected.

  In the present embodiment, the serial number printed on the postal matter 2 and the division number of the postal matter 2 are associated with the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 before the sealed sealing of the postal matter 2 is started. And the marking flag of the first mark and the second mark is set to the serial number of the mail piece 2 that is first transported with the same division number, and the quantity of the mail piece 2 exceeds the unit of bundling With regard to the classification number, a classification file in which the marking flag of the first mark is set in the serial number of the postal matter 2 that is transported first in the unit of binding is registered.

  The sorting file itself may be registered in the marking device 1, but for example, a file on which the sorting file is based is registered in the marking device 1, such as a file in which the quantity of the mail piece 2 is written for each category number. You may make it produce | generate a division file by the side.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the sorting file. In the sorting file shown in FIG. 2, a record is provided for each mail piece 2 (20 mails) to be sorted. This record includes a column for storing the serial number of the mail piece 2; A column for storing the postal code of the digit, a column for storing a marking flag for the first mark indicating that the mark is to be marked with the first mark, and a second mark for indicating the marking target for the second mark A column for storing the marking flag and a column for storing the result of the non-defective item determination for the postal matter 2 are provided.

  The serial number described in the sorting file is printed on the mail piece 2 when the mail piece 2 is manufactured, and the postal matter 2 is fed and sealed so as to be fed in the order of the serial number described in the sorting file. Set in the machine.

  The 7-digit postal code described in the sorting file is the postal code of the destination of the postal matter 2 corresponding to the serial number. Generally, since the postal zone number (the first 3 digits or the first 5 digits of the zip code), which is the part representing the delivery area in the zip code, is used for the category number, in FIG. The first 5 digits of the number. According to FIG. 2, the postal matter 2 with the serial number “1” to “7” is the classification number 1, and the postal matter 2 with the serial number “8” to “13” is the classification number 2. In addition, the postal matter 2 with the serial number “14” to “18” belongs to the category number 3, and the postal matter 2 with the serial number “19” to “20” belongs to the category number 4. Yes.

  The marking flag of the first mark of the sorting file is a flag indicating the postal matter 2 to be marked with the first mark. The operator of the sorting work sorts the mail pieces 2 for each section number, and when the quantity of the mail pieces 2 with the same section number exceeds the unit of bundling, the mail pieces 2 with the same section number are grouped in the unit of bundling Therefore, the marking flag of the first mark is related to the record of the mail piece 2 that is first transported with the same division number, and the division number in which the quantity of the mail piece 2 exceeds the unit of bundling (here, five). Is added to the record of the postal matter 2 transported first in the unit of unity.

  In FIG. 2, the postal matter 2 that is first transported with the same division number becomes the postal matter 2 having the serial numbers “1”, “8”, “14”, and “19”. A marking flag of the first mark is added to this record. In addition, the division numbers in which the quantity of the postal matter 2 exceeds the binding unit are division numbers 1 and 2, and for the division number 1, the serial number that becomes the postal matter 2 that is first transported in the binding unit is “6”. A marking flag of the first mark is added to the record corresponding to the postal matter 2. Regarding the classification number 2, the marking flag of the first mark is added to the record corresponding to the postal matter 2 whose serial number is “13”, which is the postal matter 2 that is transported first in the unit of binding. .

  Note that the quantity of the mail pieces 2 within the same division number is not necessarily an integral multiple of the unit of bundling, and mail pieces 2 having a quantity less than the unit of bundling are processed as half-ends. For example, in the category number 1, since the quantity of the mail piece 2 is seven, the first five are processed as a binding unit, and the latter two are processed as half. In FIG. 2, the half-end portion is set to the latter half, but the half-end portion can be set to the first half.

  The marking flag of the second mark in the sorting file is a flag indicating the postal matter 2 to be marked with the second mark. As described above, in order to mark the second mark on the mail piece 2 that is first conveyed by the same division number, the marking flag of the second mark is the mail that is first conveyed within the same division number. It is added to the record of the object 2. In FIG. 2, the postal matter 2 first transported with the same division number becomes the postal matter 2 having the serial numbers “1”, “8”, “14”, and “19”. A marking flag of the second mark is added to each record corresponding to.

  The controller 10 of the marking device 1 controls the marking on the sealed mail piece 2 with reference to the above-described sorting file when the sealing is started by the sealing machine.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the control unit 10 of the marking device 1. The procedure illustrated in FIG. 3 is a procedure that the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 repeatedly executes at the timing when the mail piece 2 is conveyed to the reading range of the reader unit 11 of the marking device 1. However, each time the procedure of FIG. 3 is executed, the record of the sorted file to be referred to when the procedure of FIG. 3 is executed (hereinafter, the target record) is switched in the order of the records. That is, the record that becomes the target record at the first timing when the mail piece 2 is transported to the reading range of the reader unit 11 of the marking device 1 is the first record of the divided file, and the record that becomes the target record at the next timing is the second record. Will be the record described in.

  The control unit 10 of the marking device 1 operates the reader unit 11 at the timing when the mail piece 2 is conveyed to the reading range of the reader unit 11, and the number of consecutive mail items 2 conveyed to the reading range of the reader unit 11. The number is read by the reader unit 11 (S1).

  The serial number read from the postal matter 2 by the reader unit 11 is transmitted to the control unit 10 of the marking device 1, and the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 is based on the serial number transmitted from the reader unit 11. The non-defective product of the postal matter 2 having read the serial number is determined (S2).

  There are various contents of the non-defective product determination, but in the present embodiment, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 is transmitted when a reading error of a serial number is transmitted from the reader unit 11 or transmitted from the reader unit 11. If the serial number is a serial number that has been instructed to be extracted in advance, the postal matter 2 from which the serial number has been read is determined to be defective, and otherwise it is determined to be good.

  When the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 determines that the postal matter 2 whose serial number has been read is a non-defective product, the control unit 10 executes a marking process (S10) for controlling marking on the postal matter 2, and ends this procedure. When the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 determines that the postal matter 2 whose serial number has been read is defective, the control unit 10 instructs the reject mechanism 3b to reject the postal matter 2 determined to be defective (S3). A marking object changing process (S20) for changing the postal matter 2 to be marked is executed, and this procedure is terminated.

  First, the marking process (S10) performed by the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the marking process (S10).

  When the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 determines that the postal matter 2 from which the serial number has been read is non-defective, first, a non-defective flag indicating non-defective is written in the determination result of the target record (S11).

  Next, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 confirms whether the marking flag of the first mark is added to the target record (S12), and if the marking flag of the first mark is added, the first mark A marking instruction is issued to the marker unit 12 (S13), and the first marker unit 12 is a timing at which the postal matter 2 whose reader unit 11 has read the serial number is conveyed to the marking position of the first marker unit 12. The erasing color ink is ejected to mark the first mark on the mail piece 2.

  Next, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 confirms whether the marking flag of the second mark is added to the target record (S14), and if the marking flag of the second mark is added, the second mark A marking instruction is issued to the marker unit 13 (S15), and the second marker unit 13 is a timing at which the postal matter 2 whose reader unit 11 has read the serial number is conveyed to the marking position of the second marker unit 13. Then, a color-erasing colored ink having a different color from that of the first marker portion 12 is ejected to mark the second mark on the postal matter 2, and this procedure is completed.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of the marking process. 6 is based on the sorting file of FIG. 2. In FIG. 6, the postal matter 2 is illustrated by a rectangle, and the numbers described in the rectangle are the serial number of the postal matter 2. FIG. In FIG. 6, the black arrow indicates the first mark, and the white arrow indicates the second mark.

  Based on the classification file in FIG. 2, the records with the first mark marking flag and the second mark marking flag added have the serial numbers “1”, “8”, “14”, and “19”. In order to become a record, the first mark and the second mark are marked on each mail piece 2 on which the serial numbers “1”, “8”, “14”, and “19” are printed.

  Also, based on the classification file of FIG. 2, since the records to which only the first mark marking flag has been added become records with serial numbers “6” and “13”, “6” and “13” Only the first mark is marked on each postal item 2 on which the serial number is printed.

  Next, the marking object changing process (S20) executed by the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, since a rejection mechanism 3b is provided immediately after the reader unit 11 of the marking device 1, if the postal matter 2 to be marked is determined to be defective, the postal matter 2 is secured. The predetermined mark which is discharged to the box 3c and is scheduled to be marked on the postal matter 2 cannot be marked.

  Therefore, when the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 according to the present embodiment determines that the postal matter 2 whose serial number has been read is defective, the postal matter 2 whose serial number has been read is referred to by referring to the classification file. When the marking object is set, the marking object changing process (S20) is executed to change the marking object to the mail article 2 that has the same classification number as the postal matter 2 that has read the serial number and is the next good product. .

  In the present embodiment, the first marking object change rule that is executed when the postal matter 2 that is the marking object of only the first mark is determined as a defective product, and the marking of the first mark and the second mark The second marking object change rule to be executed when the target mail piece 2 is determined as defective is set in the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 and has the following contents.

(1) First marking target change rule (1-1) When the postal matter 2 that is the marking target of only the first mark is determined to be defective, the postal item 2 that is next determined to be non-defective with the same classification number The first mark is marked.
(1-2) The postal matter 2 to be marked with the first mark is determined to be defective, and all postal items 2 thereafter are determined to be defective in the classification number of the postal matter 2 determined to be defective. If it is determined, the first mark is not marked.

(2) Second marking target change rule (2-1) When the postal matter 2 to be marked with the first mark and the second mark is determined to be defective, it is determined to be the next good product with the same classification number. The first mark and the second mark are marked on the mail piece 2 that has been collected.
(2-2) The postal matter 2 that is the marking target of the first mark and the second mark is determined as a defective product, and the marking target of the first mark and the second mark is changed according to (2-1). In this case, when the batting is performed with the marking target of only the first mark, the marking target of the first mark and the second mark is prioritized.
(2-3) If all the postal items 2 are determined to be defective in the same division number, the first mark and the second mark are not marked with this division number, and the first division number is the first. Only the second mark is marked on the postal matter 2 to be conveyed to the mail.

  (1-1), (2-1), and (2-2) described above should be marked on the mail piece 2 when the mail piece 2 to be marked is discharged to the security box 3c. This is a rule provided for marking other mail items 2 having the same division number.

  Furthermore, in the above (1-2), the postal matter 2 that is the marking target of the first mark is discharged to the security box 3c, and the postal matter 2 that is the marking target is the classification number at the end. In the case of the postal matter 2 to be conveyed, this is a rule provided to prevent the first mark that should have been marked on the postal matter 2 from being marked on the postal matter 2 having a different section number.

  Further, in the above (2-2), the postal matter 2 which is the marking target of the first mark and the second mark is discharged to the security box 3c, and the postal matter 2 which is the marking target is In the case of the postal matter 2 that is transported last by the division number, in order to prevent the first mark and the second mark that should have been marked on the postal matter 2 from being marked on the postal matter 2 having a different division number Are the rules established in In addition, marking only the second mark on the mail piece 2 that is transported first with the next division number means that all the mail pieces 2 related to the previous division number are judged as defective and the previous division number is applied. This is because it is possible to present to the worker that the mail item 2 has not been discharged.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the marking object changing process (S20) according to the present embodiment. The control unit 10 of the marking device 1 executes the procedure illustrated in FIG. 5 in order to satisfy the rules described above.

  When the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 determines that the postal matter 2 corresponding to the target record is a defective product, first, a defective product flag indicating the defective product is written in the determination result of the target record (S21).

  Next, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 confirms whether the postal matter 2 whose serial number has been read is a marking target by checking the marking flag added to the target record (S22).

  When neither the marking flag of the first mark nor the marking flag of the second mark is added to the target record, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 reads the postal matter 2 whose serial number has been read as the marking target. It is determined that it is not, and this procedure is terminated.

  In addition, when only the marking flag of the first mark is added to the target record, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 reads the mail piece 2 whose serial number has been read as the marking target of only the first mark. In order to execute the first marking object change rule described above, the following procedure is executed.

  In this procedure, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 confirms whether the target record is the last record in the same division number (S23).

  If the target record is not the last record of the same division number, the next postal matter 2 is changed to the first by moving the marking flag of the first mark added to the target record to the next record (S24). This procedure is completed so that the mark 1 is a marking target. If the target record is the last record of the same division number, the marking flag of the first mark added to the target record is canceled (S25), and this procedure is terminated.

  In S22, when the marking flag of the first mark and the marking flag of the second mark are added to the target record, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 reads the postal matter 2 whose serial number has been read. In order to determine that it is the marking target of the first mark and the second mark and execute the second marking target change rule described above, the following procedure is executed.

  In this procedure, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 confirms whether the target record is the last record in the same division number (S26).

  If the target record is not the last record of the same division number, the marking flag of the first mark and the marking flag of the second mark added to the target record are moved to the next record (S27). Then, the next mail piece 2 becomes the marking target of the first mark and the second mark, and this procedure is finished.

  If the target record is the last record of the same division number, the marking flag of the first mark and the marking flag of the second mark added to the target record are canceled (S28), and then the next division The marking flag of the first mark added to the first record of the number is canceled (S29), and this procedure ends.

  From here, the specific example of the marking object change process which the control part 10 of the marking apparatus 1 concerning this embodiment performs is demonstrated. FIG. 7 is a first diagram illustrating a specific example of the marking target change process, and FIG. 8 is a second diagram illustrating a specific example of the marking target change process.

  This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7A shows an example of a non-defective product determination result. In FIG. 7A, the postal matter 2 having serial numbers “6” and “13” is determined to be defective.

  FIG. 7B is a diagram for explaining processing executed when the postal matter 2 having the serial number “6” is determined to be defective. When the postal matter 2 having the serial number “6” is determined to be defective, the target record is a record having the serial number “6”. Based on the classification file shown in FIG. 2, only the marking flag of the first mark is added to the record with the serial number “6”, and the record with the serial number “6” Since it is not the last record of number 1, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 moves the marking flag of the first mark to the record having the serial number “7”, and the serial number is “7”. The postal matter 2 is set as a marking target of the first mark. In FIG. 7A, the postal matter 2 with the serial number “7” is determined to be non-defective, and the first mark is marked on the postal matter 2 with the serial number “7”. .

  FIG. 7C is a diagram for explaining processing executed when it is determined that the postal matter 2 whose serial number is “13” is defective. When the postal matter 2 having the serial number “13” is determined to be defective, the target record is a record having the serial number “13”. Based on the classification file shown in FIG. 2, only the marking flag of the first mark is added to the record with the serial number “13”, and the record with the serial number “13” Since it is the last record of number 2, the control unit 10 of the marking device 1 cancels the marking flag of the first mark added to the record whose serial number is “13”.

  This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8A shows an example of a non-defective product determination result. In FIG. 8A, the postal matter 2 with the classification number 1 and the serial number “1” is started, and the serial number is “8” with the classification number 2 and the serial number “8”. The postal matter 2 of “12” and all the postal items 2 of the classification number 3 (the postal matter 2 having serial numbers “14” to “18”) are determined to be defective.

  FIG. 8B is a diagram for explaining processing executed when it is determined that the postal matter 2 with the classification number 1 is defective. When the postal matter 2 having the serial number “1” is determined to be defective, the target record is a record having the serial number “1”. Based on the classification file shown in FIG. 2, a record flag having a serial number “1” is added with a marking flag for the first mark and a marking flag for the second mark, and the serial number “ Since the record “1” is not the last record of the classification number 1, the control unit 10 of the marking apparatus 1 adds the marking flag of the first mark and the marking of the second mark to the record having the serial number “2”. The flag is moved so that the postal matter 2 whose serial number is “2” becomes the marking target of the first mark and the second mark. In FIG. 8A, the postal matter 2 whose serial number is “2” is determined to be non-defective, and the first mark and the second mark are added to the postal matter 2 whose serial number is “2”. Mark is marked.

  FIG. 8C is a diagram for explaining processing executed when the postal matter 2 with the classification number 2 is determined to be defective. When it is determined that the postal matter 2 with the serial number “8” conveyed first in the classification number 2 is defective, the target record is a record with the serial number “8”. The marking flag of the first mark and the marking flag of the second mark added to the record with the serial number “8” are moved to the record with the serial number “9”, and this is repeated. The marking flag of the first mark and the marking flag of the second mark added to the record having the serial number “8” are moved to the record having the serial number “13”. In FIG. 8A, the postal matter 2 with the serial number “13” is determined to be non-defective, and the first mark and the second mark are added to the postal matter 2 with the serial number “13”. Mark is marked.

  FIG. 8D is a diagram for explaining processing executed when it is determined that the postal matter 2 with classification number 3 is defective. When it is determined that the postal matter 2 with the serial number “14” conveyed first in the classification number 3 is defective, the target record is the record with the serial number “14”. The marking flag of the first mark and the marking flag of the second mark added to the record with the serial number “14” are moved to the record with the serial number “15”, and this is repeated. The marking flag of the first mark and the marking flag of the second mark added to the record whose serial number is “14” moves to the record whose serial number is “18”.

  In FIG. 8A, the postal matter 2 with the serial number “18” is determined as a defective product, and the record with the serial number “18” is the last record of the division number 3. The marking flag of the first mark and the marking flag of the second mark added to the record whose serial number is “18” is canceled, and further, the division number 4 which is the division number next to the division number 3 The marking flag of the first mark of the record with the serial number “19” conveyed first is canceled. In FIG. 8A, the postal matter 2 whose serial number is “19” is determined to be non-defective, and only the second mark is marked on the postal matter 2 whose serial number is “19”. The

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Marking apparatus 10 Control part 11 Reader part 12 1st marker part 13 2nd marker part 2 Mail

Claims (4)

A reader unit for reading the serial number printed on the sealed sealed mail;
A first marker portion for injecting a color-erasing colored ink and marking a first mark on a mail;
The serial number printed on the postal matter is associated with the division number of the postal item, and the serial number of the postal item first transported with the same division number and the quantity of the postal item indicate the unit of binding. For the division number exceeding, the control unit having a division file in which the marking flag of the first mark is set in the serial number of the mail that is first transported in a unity unit,
When the reader unit reads the serial number from the postal matter, the control unit performs a non-defective judgment of the postal matter using the serial number read by the reader unit, and then refers to the classification file. When only the marking flag of the first mark is set in the serial number read by the reader unit, when the non-defective product is determined to be non-defective, the first marker unit is instructed to perform marking. When it is determined as a defective product in the determination, the marking flag of the first mark moves to the serial number of the postal matter to be transported next with the same classification number as the postal matter whose serial number was read. The marking device is characterized by changing the sorting file as described above. A second marker portion that marks a post mark with a second mark by jetting a color-erasing color ink different from the first marker portion;
In the sorting file, in addition to the marking flag of the first mark, the marking flag of the second mark is set to the serial number of the mail that is first transported with the same sorting number,
When the serial number read by the reader unit is set to the marking flag of the first mark and the second mark and the control unit determines that the product is non-defective in the non-defective product determination, When the marking part is instructed to the marker part and the second marker part and the defective part is judged to be defective in the non-defective product judgment, the postal matter transported next with the same classification number as the postal matter whose serial number is read. The classification file is changed so that the marking flag of the first mark and the second mark moves to the serial number of
The marking device according to claim 1, wherein:   When only the first flag marking flag is set in the serial number read by the reader unit, the control unit determines that the postal item is the classification number when it determines that it is defective. It is confirmed whether the mail is transported, and in the case of the mail transported last, the marking flag of the first mark set in the serial number read by the reader unit is canceled. 3. The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the sorting file is changed. In the case where the serial number read by the reader unit is a postal item that is set with the marking flag of the first mark and the second mark and is transported last with a division number, After canceling the marking flag of the first mark and the second mark set in the serial number read by the reader unit, the serial number of the mail that is first conveyed with the next division number The marking device according to claim 3, wherein the marking flag of the set first mark is canceled.

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