EP1635958B1 - Verfahren zum verarbeiten von postsendungen - Google Patents
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- EP1635958B1 EP1635958B1 EP04738616A EP04738616A EP1635958B1 EP 1635958 B1 EP1635958 B1 EP 1635958B1 EP 04738616 A EP04738616 A EP 04738616A EP 04738616 A EP04738616 A EP 04738616A EP 1635958 B1 EP1635958 B1 EP 1635958B1
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- the invention relates to a method for processing mailpieces dropped into deposit points, wherein a plurality of mailpieces are collected and subsequently conveyed to letter centers in transport containers and sorted by mailing centers by mailing categories by mailing centers.
- Another known generic method is known from European Patent Application EP 1 072 328 A2 known.
- This known method also provides for sorting mail items during their transport on conveyor belts according to shipment categories. This is done by determining the weight and the dimensions of the mailpieces during the transport of the mailpieces on the conveyor belt. On the basis of the recorded weight and the detected dimensions, the mail items are then classified in categories and specifically removed from the area of the conveyor belt.
- the French patent application FR 2 637 823 relates to a device for automatic sorting of envelopes, in which envelopes of different formats are delivered in a special way aligned in a container, taken in groups from the container and fed to the sorting device. After separation, the size of the envelopes is determined by means of specially arranged light barriers, and the envelopes are discharged according to their size in different containers.
- the US Pat. No. 6,126,017 discloses an apparatus for sorting mailpieces, in which the mailings are sorted by addresses and discharged into buffer containers in which the mail items are arranged in stacks. When a buffer container is filled, the mail pieces are dumped into a dispensing container.
- European Patent Application EP 0 436 521 A2 a method and apparatus for tagging shipments to identify "zip code” breaks in batches of mail.
- the consignments are stacked in a funnel and then separated.
- a reader determines the "zip code” and the shipments are provided at a certain position with a first identification which is changed when the "zip code” is changed, and they are also provided with a label whose position is changed every time the first three digits of the "zip code” is changed. Subsequently, the broadcasts are stacked in.
- the contents of the transport container is distributed, spent directly on conveyor belts and discharged on the conveyor belts by shipment categories from a given transport run.
- consignors of mail sort the mailpieces according to sorting criteria specified by the respective postal company and deliver them according to this sorting.
- the pre-sorted items are then immediately transferred to an associated processing station in accordance with the full pre-sortation made by the consignor.
- a well-known generic product identification system is in the European Patent EP 0 685 814 B1 and in their German translation DE 695 18 947 T2 shown.
- This known product recognition system enables identification, classification, evaluation and verification of objects. By the use of computer systems evaluating target object images, it is possible to realize an adaptive object recognition and thereby represent a multiplicity of objects.
- This known non-generic method is particularly suitable for distinguishing different types of fruit from each other.
- a non-generic automatic control system with a robot-controlled manipulation device is from the European Patent EP 0 251 441 B1 and her German translation DE 37 88 596 T2 known.
- This known automatic control system allows the management of a manipulation device in dependence on determined information.
- this automatic control system here the use in laboratory systems will be explained.
- the invention has for its object to provide a generic method that is suitable for a mass sorting of mail by shipment categories in a mass deployment in mail centers at a high processing speed. Furthermore, the processing cost should be as low as possible.
- Mail items are sorted according to delivery categories, and then the mail items are removed from the transport containers in batches by utilizing the frequently existing presorting according to shipment categories and are fed to subsequent processing stations as a function of the mailing category.
- the invention makes use of the surprising finding for a purposeful processing of the mailpieces that during the filling and / or the transport of mailpieces results in a substantially randomized presorting, to a targeted processing of the mailings by the mailpieces according to the resulting pre-sorting taken from the transport containers and then spent on the respective shipment categories corresponding processing stations.
- the inserted points can be designed versatile. These can be both post offices, respectively Postal Agencies as well as dealing in mailboxes or receivers in the range of customers of a postal company.
- the sorting outlay is considerably reduced.
- the invention can be carried out with various transport containers. However, it is particularly advantageous to use box-shaped transport containers.
- the type of partial presorting results from the throwing of the mail items into the transport containers, the mailing structure, the transport conditions and the relationship between the dimensions of the transport containers and the mailpieces inserted therein.
- the pre-sorting operations resulting from the transport assist the partial pre-sorting that previously resulted in the filling of the mailpieces into the transport containers.
- a preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that at least part of the transport containers is set up in points of insertion, in which at least one side of a page allows a substantially horizontal position of the mailpieces favoring throw-in.
- This embodiment of the method according to the invention enables a faster processing of the mail items in receiving points.
- This handling for a part of the transport container can be combined with a suitable handling other transport containers arbitrarily.
- a pre-sorting of the mailings according to the invention further improving measure is characterized in that at least a part of the transport containers are transported in means of transport to consignors of mail, so that in the field of Consignor of mail a substantially horizontal throw the mail is made possible in the transport container.
- Such handling is particularly suitable for collecting mail items from postal customers.
- a pick-up can be carried out by all postal customers, but it is expedient to carry out this pick-up especially for those customers who usually deliver several mail items per day.
- this disadvantage is avoided in that the mail items are spent by utilizing a substantially randomly resulting presorting in the transport container.
- This embodiment of the invention makes use of the knowledge that a large number of consignors are already sorting the letters sorted according to consignment sizes when the postal consignments are available for collection, for example in order to increase clarity.
- At least a portion of the transport container is filled by emptying located in mailboxes collection containers.
- the filled with the mail items transport containers are - preferably transported depending on their level - to other dump points or transported to letter centers.
- transport containers prefferably fed cyclically to the removal devices.
- the intermittent supply of the transport container is advantageously carried out so that after emptying a container automatically another container of the removal device is supplied. As a result, the processing speed is further increased.
- a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the transport containers are supplied to the removal sites so that at least temporarily at least two transport containers in the region of a take-off place are located.
- this embodiment of the invention enables a removal of mail items from a transport container during the change of another transport container.
- a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention is characterized in that initially stacks of different consignment categories are taken from the transport containers, and that subsequently remaining in the transport containers mailings a shipment category are dumped from the transport container.
- stacks of mail items are recognized by at least one optical detection means in at least a part of the removal locations.
- at least one optical detection means in at least a part of the removal locations.
- a further expedient development of the invention is characterized in that the removal of the mail items from the transport containers is carried out by a robot in at least part of the removal sites.
- robot is to be understood in its broadest meaning as a programmable manipulator.
- this is a reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator for making variable programmable motion sequences in the sense of the definition of the term “robot” to understand the definition of the American Robot Institute (The Robotics Institute of America).
- a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that mail items of at least one of the mailing categories of a subsequent processing station are fed by a conveyor belt.
- the unloading station is designed such that it has a holding device for one or more transport containers, and that two conveyor belts for transport in different directions are provided below the mounting location for the transport containers.
- a removal arm engages in the postal container, removes a stack of postal items of the same shipment category, drops it on a conveyor belt located in front of and / or under the transport container and then immediately re-engages in the transport container and there further mailings of the same shipment category extracts.
- both further conveyor belts and other transport containers can likewise be used.
- a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the type of singulation is adapted to the respective shipment category and to the shipment volume.
- the separating steps lead to the formation of an at least approximately continuous delivery stream when mailpieces applied substantially in batches to the conveyor belt are fed.
- Mail contained in such a mail stream may be completely singled out in various suitable ways.
- this horizontal-vertical converter can be used with subsequent fast-running separation line.
- roll-band devaluation A particularly advantageous embodiment of such a devaluation is referred to below as roll-band devaluation.
- the large and maxi letters to be canceled can be fed on a roller conveyor.
- the maxi letters can then be taken off the conveyor belt after their validation and placed in provided containers.
- Particularly advantageous is the possible adjustment of the speed of the roller punching belt.
- the throughput increases due to the simple action of roll stamping (big and maxi) and taking out the maxi letter. This increases the processing speed compared to the manual sorting.
- the shipment does not have to be touched or rotated individually for stamping.
- This embodiment of the invention contributes to a further acceleration of the process.
- it is expedient to carry out the cancellation in principle for all mail carried further on conveyor belts it is particularly advantageous to perform the cancellation during transport on the conveyor belt for mailpieces with a relatively low shipment volume, for example for large and medium letters.
- the illustrated embodiments are particularly useful because they lend themselves to mass processing of a plurality of mailpieces.
- the representation is to be understood only as an example and can be used in a variety of methods for processing mail.
- the illustrated shipment categories are merely exemplary.
- the selected consignment categories can each be adapted to the operational requirements.
- the names of the categories of consignments may correspond both to the categories of consignments used by the applicant and to other business needs of mail centers.
- the invention does not depend on a particular embodiment of the sorting devices 110, 210, 310.
- a multiplicity of mailpieces 100, 200, 300 thrown into delivery points are collected and subsequently conveyed in transport containers 120, 220, 320 to letter centers.
- the transport containers are transported in the mail centers directly to the sorting devices 110, 210, 310.
- the transport of the transport containers 120, 220, 320 takes place through a conveyor line 140, 340.
- transport containers 120, 320 filled with mail items 100, 300 are placed on the conveying path 140, 340.
- the conveying path 140, 340 contains suitable means for transporting the transport containers 120, 320.
- the means not shown for reasons of simplification are, for example, a suitably driven conveyor belt or a roller conveyor with driven rollers.
- the conveyor line 140, 340 serves to transport the transport containers 120, 320 to take-off locations 130, 330.
- the transport of the transport containers 120, 320 to the picking locations 130, 330 can take place both directly and via further means of transport.
- Such a particularly high space saving is realized in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 in that a converter 135, 335 is located at the end of the conveying path 140, 340 opposite the charging point 105, 305.
- the converter 135, 335 permits a conversion of the transport containers 120, 320 to a further conveying path 145.
- the further conveying path 145 extends substantially perpendicular to the first conveyor line 140.
- the embodiment with a first conveyor section 140, 340 and a second conveyor section 145 has the advantage that the subsequent removal of the mailpieces 100, 300 from the transport containers 120, 320 is largely decoupled from the delivery of the transport containers 120, 320.
- the converter 135, 335 has the additional advantage that the transport containers 120, 320 can be moved to the take-off locations 130, 330 faster and with relatively little design effort.
- sampling locations 130, 230, 330 are shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.
- the transport containers 120, 220, 320 are brought to the removal locations 130, 230, 330 such that the transport containers have an adjustable tilt angle of preferably approximately 50 to approximately 70 ° relative to the horizontal.
- a manipulation engages in the transport container 120, 220, 320 located in the area of the take-off station 130, 230, 330 and removes the previously recognized stack of postal items 100, 200, 300 of the same shipment category from the transport container 120, 220, 320.
- the manipulation is designed in different ways.
- An implementation example is in the European Patent EP 0 251 441 B1 disclosed.
- the manipulation arm drops the stack of mailpieces 100, 200, 300 onto a conveyor belt located as close as possible to the transport container.
- the conveyor conveys standard letters and compact letters to another conveyor 170, 175, 250, 280, 350, 380.
- the feeding device for further transport containers 195, 395 is such that the further transport containers 195, 395 are arranged directly below the end of conveyed conveyor belts 150, 160 that are being processed.
- the mailings slide directly via a chute 198 in the other transport container 195th
- the further transport containers 195, 395 may have the same dimensions as the transport containers 120, 220, 320 for the transport of the unsorted mail items, it is particularly expedient to design the further transport containers 195, 395 with smaller dimensions-in particular with a smaller base area.
- the further transport containers 195, 395 have dimensions which are slightly larger than the maximum size of the mail items transported on the conveyor belts 150, 160.
- a particularly advantageous design of the feed means for the further transport containers 195, 395 is such that the transport containers 195, 395 are transported at least in sections parallel to the conveyor belts 150, 160.
- this is done in that the conveying means for the further transport containers 195, 395 are at least in sections parallel to the conveyor belts 150, 160 for the mailpieces which are to reach the further transport containers 195, 395.
- a particularly advantageous embodiment of this is characterized in that the conveying means are designed as a conveying path 199, 399.
- the preferably parallel to the conveyor belts 150, 160 extending and expediently in the same direction, but operated at a significantly lower transport speed conveyor line 199, 399 is arranged in a particularly preferred embodiment immediately below each of a conveyor belt 150, 160.
- Such further transport of the mail items in the other transport containers 195, 395 requires a particularly low processing costs and is also very space-saving, so that a good integration of the supply of the further transport container 195, 395 is made possible in the sorting.
- This throughput refers to the number of standard shipments processed with the sorter.
- shipments of further shipment categories may be present in the processed mail items, but these are subjected to a different processing than the standard letters by the method steps described above.
- the machine-capable mail items are in particular standard mailings.
- flexible and standard dimensions corresponding mail items are processed here.
- the sorting devices shown carry postal items which are hard or have inflexible inserts and / or one-sided thickenings, or round edges or other deviations from standardized dimensions, to separate processing devices.
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