WO2004067193A1 - Verfahren zum sortieren von flachen sendungen nach der verteilreihenfolge - Google Patents
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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
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- the invention relates to a method for sorting flat mail items according to the distribution order
- the 0 items sorted according to the delivery order of a deliverer are in the order in which the delivery person consecutively visits the recipients when distributing the items.
- the mailings are automatically removed from the sorting stations to form a "total stack" and, with the exception of the last sorting run, are returned to the material inputs (EP 0 870 552 A3).
- a division into the mailings for the individual distribution holding points by bundling or packaging is not possible without any further 0. If separation cards are used for differentiation, the deliverer still has considerable fingering and handling effort and additional handling effort for the separation cards during the dispensing process.
- a solution for sorting in the distribution sequence was also known, in which the shipments were carried out in just one sorting run directly at end points for the distribution stops (at least one end point for each distribution stop) can be sorted (US 5 / 977,501).
- the sorting machine required for this must keep the storage volume for the entire scope of the shipment and therefore requires a lot of space. It is technically complex and expensive.
- the invention has for its object to provide a method and an apparatus for sorting flat mail items according to the distribution order, in which the space required for the sorting machines is small and which require little manual effort in the subsequent distribution process.
- the items are sorted into groups of related delivery points in at least one sorting step after the destination addresses have been determined.
- the mail items are then fed in groups to a second sorting machine for the last sorting cycle, in which the mail items are each sorted into a group according to the relevant sorting plan and according to the known destination addresses for each mail item on the delivery points of the respective group.
- the programs are a delivery point in one or fal 'Ts of the broadcast attack is too large, conducted in a plurality of adjacent terminal stations automatically emptying. As soon as all the mail items assigned to the respective delivery point are in the end point (s), they are automatically unloaded onto a stationary section conveyor so that the mail items of one end point are in one section.
- the section conveyor transports the shipments to a delivery unit in which the shipments of each section are mechanically summarized and collected in the distribution order.
- the mail items identifying the mail items are applied as machine-readable codes
- the number range of the ID Indicator comprises at least the number of mail items sorted in groups in the first sorting machine. This code is then read in the second sorting machine and the destination address is determined for each shipment using a database in which the known destination addresses are assigned to the ID codes.
- additional features that distinguish the mail items are detected in the first sorting machine for identification and stored in an address database assigned to the determined addresses. These features are then also detected in the second sorting machine. The address database is then searched on the basis of the detected features.
- FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of two 5 cascaded sorters, in which the mail items are routed to sorting compartments via switch arrangements;
- FIGS. 4a, b show a sectional side view of a stacking compartment with an emptying device and the section conveyor belt transporting the sorted stack of mail items with a full stacking compartment (a) and an empty stacking compartment (b).
- the shipments for a certain distribution area are sorted on groups of delivery points on a sorter as is known.
- Each shipment group contains
- each downwardly pivoted transport module 1 directs a consignment 2 located on it to an assigned end point.
- Each end point is designed as a downward-pivoting conveyor module 3 with a circulating conveyor belt, 5. which has two drivers for safe removal.
- the conveyor module 3 In the normal state, the conveyor module 3 is in a horizontal position, the conveyor belt is in the rest position and at its rear end in the conveying direction there is a driver which acts there as a stop.
- a particular transport module 1 of the sorting route pivots downward with a shipment 2 as shown, this shipment 2 is transported obliquely from the top left to the end point and is braked on the driver. 5
- Each end point is assigned to a delivery point. The assignment is made in such a way that the consignments are in the order of distribution in the adjacent end points.
- An example of bundling is a device for cross-wise binding of a stack of mail items described in DE 196 36 980 A1.
- EP 0 303 203 A2 states that be packed as broadcasts (including magazines) which appear in a transparent film '.
- the time sequence is shown briefly in FIG. First, the shipment group 1 for the first group of delivery points is sorted to the corresponding end points.
- Sorting of mailing group 2 begins immediately after the sorting of mailing group 1 has ended. This takes place before each terminal point has been emptied, at least with the steps of separating, reading and routing into the sorting line.
- the section conveyor is stopped, and at the earliest at this point the end stations for can be emptied broadcast group 2 can be started. After this is completed, sorting of shipment group 3 begins, etc.
- Consignment containers 12 with consignments of the distribution area are fed to the input part of the first sorter 10, consisting of a feeder bed 13 and a separating device 14, via a roller conveyor 11. There they are unloaded and the items placed on the feeder bed 13 in an upright position. The stack of mail items is then successively pushed to the separating device 14, where the foremost mail item is pulled off. After the alignment and reading of the destination address, the individual mail items are fed to the sorting part 16 via a letter route 15, in which the mail items are placed in stacked batches via switches driven according to the read destination address. subjects 17 are sorted as end points.
- Each stacking compartment 17 is assigned to a specific group of delivery points. Once all the mail items for the current area have been sorted, the stacking compartments 17 are emptied into transport containers 12, which are then transported via a further transport roller conveyor 18 to the input part 19 of the second sorter 20. In this sorter 20, the mail items are sorted by mail group in the sorting part 22 onto the individual delivery points in the distribution order
- the consignments 2 are moved laterally into the stack using a stacking roller 30 at the stacking point
- stacking compartment 23 passed as the end point to a baffle, not shown, and held there on the stacking floor 31 by a driven stacking support 32 in the upright position. With increasing stack thickness, the stack support 32 moves away from the stacking point in accordance with the
- stacking support 32 and a pushing unit 34 located in the idle state in the stacking direction in front of the stacking point Stacking point moved away beyond the open end of the stacking compartment 23.
- the relatively rapid movement of the stack support 32 and the thrust unit 34 is generated by corresponding drives 33, 35, the stack support 32 covering a larger distance and thereby eliminating the clamping of the stack.
- the drives 33, 35 can, as is known per se, e.g. can be realized as a linear drive or as a rack and pinion drive.
- the thrust unit 34 is designed in such a way that a force can be applied as uniformly as possible to the surface of all mailing formats. As a result of the rapid movement and the consequent impulse-like introduction of force onto the stack, this is pushed over the edge of the short shelf 31 due to the inertia without any significant change in formation.
- a narrow roller conveyor 36 inclined at an angle of approximately 90 °, is arranged on the lower side boundary thereof, on which the mail items 2 are supported with their narrow sides.
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DE502004003536T DE502004003536D1 (de) | 2003-01-31 | 2004-01-30 | Verfahren zum sortieren von flachen sendungen nach der verteilreihenfolge |
CN2004800030849A CN1832814B (zh) | 2003-01-31 | 2004-01-30 | 按分发顺序分拣平坦邮件的方法 |
JP2005518655A JP2006515229A (ja) | 2003-01-31 | 2004-01-30 | 扁平な郵便物を分配順序で選別する方法 |
EP04706624A EP1587640B1 (de) | 2003-01-31 | 2004-01-30 | Verfahren zum sortieren von flachen sendungen nach der verteilreihenfolge |
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