SI3115115T1 - System, method and computer program for handling and sorting parcels - Google Patents

Abstract

Sorting system and method for handling parcels using such a sorting system. The sorting system comprises: - a conveyer; - a scanner; - chutes, connecting laterally to the conveyer; - ejectors for moving parcels from the conveyer onto the chutes; - a programmable control unit arranged for selective activation of the ejectors responsive to scanned parcel data. The control unit stores chute identities associated with destination data. The control unit links the parcel to a chute with a matching destination and, as the conveyer runs, activates the ejector associated with the selected chute when the parcel passes it. Subsequently the parcel is moved from the chute into a loading unit. The loading unit is first logged on with the programmable control unit when the loading unit is linked to the chute and the control unit links a loading unit identity to a chute identity. Subsequently for each parcel that is moved to the chute the control unit links the parcel identity to the loading unit identity.

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Claims (8)

System, procedure and computer program for manipulating and sorting packages Patent claims A method for manipulating transhipment packages using a sorting system, comprising: - a conveyor device; - at least one scanner arranged to scan the scanning codes on packets transported by the conveyor to obtain scanned data including information on the identity of the package and destination information; - a series of screws that are laterally connected to the conveyor; - ejectors that are arranged to move the packet from the conveyor to the sling; - a programmable control unit arranged to selectively activate the ejector in response to the scanned packet data, wherein the control unit has the identity of the slots for each of the slots, the identity of the slots being related to the destination data; wherein the scanner scans the scanning code of the packet and sends the scanned data to the programmable control unit; whereby the control unit connects the packet with a slot which has the corresponding destination data and activates the ejector associated with the selected holder when the packet goes past it and moves the packet from the transport device to the slot in response to the ejector during movement of the transport device; whereupon the package moves from the sling to the loading unit; characterized in that the loading unit initially registers in the programmable control unit when the loading unit is connected to the slot and the control unit connects the identity of the loading unit with the slip identity; then for each package that moves to the slot, the control unit connects the identity of the package with the identity of the loading unit; after a period of time, the loading unit is removed from the control unit. The method according to claim 1, wherein the loading unit is provided with a scanning code encoding the identity of the loading unit, and wherein the application to the loading unit includes scanning the code and communicating the identity of the loading unit to the programmable control unit and linking the identity of the loading unit to the identity holding the one sling on which the loading unit is connected. The method of claim 2, wherein the scanning code is a bar code, a QR code, or an RFID tag. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the number, weight and / or total volume of all packets assigned to a particular slot at the time in which the loading unit has been declared is determined and compared to the number or weight of the collected packages in the loading unit after the loading unit has been unsubscribed or with the maximum total loading volume of the loading unit in order to determine the identity of the packages remaining on the sling after the loading unit has been unsubscribed. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, using a marker to indicate whether the loading unit is declared or not. The method of claim 5, wherein the marker comprises a light providing a color coded visible signal. A sorting system for manipulating packages comprising: - a conveyor device; - at least one scanner arranged to scan the scan codes on the packets transported by the transport device to obtain the scanned data of each scanned packet including information on the identity of the package and destination information; - a series of screws that are laterally connected to the conveyor; - ejectors which are arranged to move the passer-by package from the conveyor device to the assigned slots; - a programmable control unit which is arranged to selectively activate the ejector in response to scanned data and to store the identity of the slot and the assigned destination information for each slot; characterized in that the control unit is programmed to allow the loading unit to log when the loading unit is connected to the selected slot and to unsubscribe when the loading unit is spaced from the slot, the application including the entry of the identity of the loading unit and the connection the identity of the loading unit with the identity holding the selected slot; and wherein the control unit is programmed to record the identity of the packets of those packets which move from the selected slot during the time period between logging and unloading the loading unit. A computer program, a set of computer programs comprising at least one part of a program code or a computer program product that has at least one portion of the program code stored, wherein at least one part of the program code is designed to perform the process according to one or more of claims 1-6 , when running on a programmable control unit.