EP1303451A1 - Dispositif pour empiler des objets plats dans des conteneurs ouverts sur un cote - Google Patents

Dispositif pour empiler des objets plats dans des conteneurs ouverts sur un cote

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EP1303451A1
EP1303451A1 EP01957724A EP01957724A EP1303451A1 EP 1303451 A1 EP1303451 A1 EP 1303451A1 EP 01957724 A EP01957724 A EP 01957724A EP 01957724 A EP01957724 A EP 01957724A EP 1303451 A1 EP1303451 A1 EP 1303451A1
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Prior art keywords
container
stacking
aid
transport
containers
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English (en)
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Holger Schererz
Frank Voss
Bertram Wanner
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Siemens AG
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Siemens AG
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    • 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
    • B65H31/22—Pile receivers removable or interchangeable
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • B65B43/54—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • 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
    • 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

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a device for stacking flat mail items in containers that are open on one side.
  • the stacking aid has a compartment fill level sensor which detects the height of the uppermost object of the stack with the lying objects.
  • the stacking floor of the stacking aid movable so that, depending on the measured height of the uppermost object of the stack, it is always at a fixed distance below the entry level. This means that the stacking conditions are always the same and the trajectory of the objects is as short as possible.
  • the supply of the objects can be interrupted, so that overflow is prevented.
  • the swivel unit To ensure good access to the containers in the container change position for a manual container change, it is advantageous to equip the swivel unit with a horizontal pull-out unit on which the container receptacle and the stacking aid are located. Telescopic rails are advantageously provided for the horizontal movement of the container receptacle and the stacking aid.
  • the stacking aid can only be moved upwards out of the container in the container receptacle and back again when the horizontal pull-out unit has moved out of the area of the entry point. This is necessary in order to avoid a collision with the building to avoid groups when starting the stacking aid. This also enables a manual container change in an ergonomic position for the operator.
  • Lifting mechanism moves the container receptacle with the container under the locally fixed stacking aid and below the transport level of a transport path for removing the filled containers and for feeding the empty containers so that the containers are taken over by the transport path.
  • the transport means for feeding the flat objects is located above the stacking devices and consists of endless belt transport modules which are arranged one behind the other and can be pivoted downwards.
  • the respective transport module located in front of the stacking device with the container to be loaded swings downward from the transport position into the entry position.
  • 1 shows a perspective view of three stacking devices arranged one behind the other
  • 2 shows a perspective view of an individual stacking device
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a stacking device extended horizontally for changing containers
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a horizontally extended stacking device with the stacking device moved upwards out of the container.
  • Each stacking device consists of a swivel unit 2, which is swiveled back and forth by approximately 90 ° between two end positions by means of a swivel drive known per se and therefore not shown in detail, triggered by a control.
  • the swivel unit 2 each has a container receptacle 11 for a container 3. In one end position of the swivel unit 2, the opening of the container 3 is at the top and in the other end position to the side (middle swivel unit). Above the swivel units 2 there is a transport path for the flat objects to be stacked in the containers 3, in this case large letters, which consists of swiveling endless belt transport modules 6 arranged one behind the other.
  • the transport modules 6 include rotatable foam rollers 5 which press the objects onto the surface of the belts.
  • the transport module 6 located in front of the relevant swivel unit 2 pivots downward as shown (by approximately 13 °), and the object is placed in the container pivoted with the opening in the direction of this transport module 6 3
  • Signals of the compartment level sensor 16 is moved so that the same ideal stacking conditions always prevail, i.e. the top object is always at a fixed distance from the entry level.
  • the stack floor 17 is moved with the aid of a traversing drive 4. This consists of a motor controlled by the compartment fill level sensor 16 and a spindle drive driven by the latter via a short belt, on the spindle nut of which the stacking base 17 is then moved longitudinally.
  • the containers 3 have an unfavorable shape for high-quality stacking.
  • the outer walls of the USPS Fiat Mail Tray are inclined outwards.
  • the container 3, because it is made of deformable plastic, is not sufficiently dimensionally stable.
  • a stack 13 is required in which all objects / mail items lie one above the other aligned according to their front edge and a defined longitudinal edge.
  • the container 3 is clamped into the container receptacle 11 on the swivel unit 2.
  • the swivel unit 2 swivels into the stacking position, the incoming objects / shipments are thrown in.
  • the container floor which is at right angles to the flight path, thus serves as a baffle for incoming objects / shipments.
  • the damping effect can be increased by suitably arranging damping material between the container bottom and container receptacle 11. An object that has been braked in this way falls after the stop on the impact wall so damped directly onto the stack 13 or stack base 17 arranged below it is that the topmost object of the stack 13 is at an optimum distance from the entry plane for stacking the next object.
  • the container 3 is lowered onto a transport path.
  • the container receptacle 11 is lowered even further into the transport path, so that the container 3 can then be pushed out of the machine automatically or manually on the transport path without further resistance.
  • an empty container 3 can be pushed automatically or manually over the lowered container receptacle 11 by the transport path.
  • the container receptacle 11 then lifts out of the transport path, lifts the container 3 up and puts it over the stacking aid 12 provided there.
  • the container receptacle 11 is received (locked) by the swivel unit, the lifting mechanism is lowered.
  • the container 3 can then be pivoted into its stacking position.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Pile Receivers (AREA)
  • Stacking Of Articles And Auxiliary Devices (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif constitué d'une unité pivotante (2) pouvant être entraînée et commandée. Cette unité pivotante fait pivoter le conteneur (3) qui se trouve dans un système de réception de conteneur (11) entre une position d'échange de conteneur, ouverture vers le haut, et une position d'empilement, ouverture sur le côté, dans laquelle les objets plats reposant à plat sont insérés latéralement dans la pile, au moyen d'un système de transport, le fond du conteneur servant de paroi d'impact. Ce dispositif comprend également un système d'aide à l'empilement (12), qui se trouve sur ladite unité pivotante (2) et qui peut être déplacé verticalement en position d'échange de conteneur. Ce système d'aide à l'empilement comprend une paroi latérale (15), un fond d'empilement (17), qui peut être déplacé dans la direction d'empilement et est incliné en direction d'insertion vers la paroi latérale (15), ainsi qu'un dispositif de guidage (14), qui se trouve au-dessus du plan d'insertion et qui permet de guider les objets dans une position couchée, les uns sur les autres.
EP01957724A 2000-07-27 2001-07-18 Dispositif pour empiler des objets plats dans des conteneurs ouverts sur un cote Withdrawn EP1303451A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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DE10036681A DE10036681C1 (de) 2000-07-27 2000-07-27 Vorrichtung zum Einstapeln von flachen Gegenständen in einseitig offene Behälter
DE10036681 2000-07-27
PCT/DE2001/002696 WO2002010046A1 (fr) 2000-07-27 2001-07-18 Dispositif pour empiler des objets plats dans des conteneurs ouverts sur un cote

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