DE4240158C1 - Sorting equipment discharge system via down-shafts - has guides with floors sloping to one side in spring reception sections and discharge sections widening towards outlets - Google Patents

Abstract

Each guide (20, 25) has a spring reception-section (120a, 125a) with floor (130a, 135a) sloping to one side, and an outlet section with flat floor widening at least to the width of the satchels containing the items handled. The sidewalls of the outlet section slope in the direction in which its floor widens. The floor and outlet sidewalls of each guide slope in the opposite direction to those of the one above it. Tipping collector hoppers in line with the respective guides are accommodated one below the other in a mounting. ADVANTAGE - Simple and compact, with minimum damage to satchels.

Description

The invention relates to a sorting plant exit device processing, in which one sorting item per sorting initiation, in particular in particular a job bag from a sorting compartment box through a selected drop channel into an associated one Renden, assignable, mounted in a bracket catcher arrives, the sorting system leaving direction consists of at least one basic unit of of each two drop channels arranged side by side points out the job bags to guidance facilities that with each other, inclined towards the collecting container, in a guide bracket are attached, lead ren.  

Sorting system outgoing devices come at the Auf contract processing, e.g. B. in the creation of fotographi deductions, in a sorting system, which is the link between production and delivery, at Ver division of the order goods to be delivered to the customers into predetermined customer containers, collecting containers, for on sentence.

A conventional sorting system, such as the one in which Brochure "New dimensions in space and time, Sorter-2" of Sinomec company described sorting system, has a Be in the empty sorting boxes of one Box code reader first identified and then tray around Subject to be moved, with the order goods such. B. Order bags from a photo laboratory, piece by piece sorting box are fed so that the control after loading send the information which order item which box contains which box. About the controller each article continuously until the sorting process follows, with the conveyor geometry to practically every room can be adjusted.

The actual sorting process, i.e. the transfer of the items items in the sorting outlets takes place as follows:

A flap of a box compartment is opened exactly when if the subject in question is above the drop channel of the outlet stands that the respective order bag the selected Collection container feeds. Thus, the order sta from the sorting boxes essentially in free fall into the selected collection container.  

Since usually several collection containers out of space for reasons of economy are arranged one below the other Free fall range to those below Collecting containers can be quite long. Basic units one out the "Starsorting System" brochure from Systel known compact sorting system outgoing device each have four side by side arranged drop channels on the four to each other Arranged collecting containers lead so that Reaching the lowest collecting container order bags fall about 2.0 m free. When it hits the floor of the collecting container or already in the collecting container Order bags included can damage the Order bag or order bags come with their contents; or when two job bags collide that are in Adjacent compartments of a sorting box arranged for the same customer, i.e. for the same container, be are true and different falling speeds have, because, for example, the second job bag heavier than the first one, it can damage the both order bags and their contents come.

Since the job bags in the collection containers are completely un orderly to lie down, must be during or after the Ent take the same out of the container still stacked the.

For reasons of space minimization, the collecting containers have to which the side by side drop channels one Basic unit, often different sizes, like, For example, the above-mentioned brochure from Systel can be seen. So the top collecting container is on  smallest and the lowest largest, which at the Customer allocation of the collection containers are taken into account must, and thus associated with a greater workload is.

A sorting system outgoing device according to the Oberbe seized independent claim 1 of the current Er is already from the document DE-OS 15 74 132nd known. There are bags containing bins wreath and can be arranged under a sorting compartment Guide tubes that have switches disclosed, the Existence of switches allows the number of Collection container to which the guide tubes lead Can be a multiple of the number of bins. In the the guide tubes described in DE-OS 15 74 132 have a Twist on, so that job pockets in the upper area of the Guide tubes essentially free in the vertical position fall in the swirl area more or less gently Contact with a wall of a guide tube or in a con come with a turnout, causing damage to the Job bags and their contents can carry, and in the bottom Area in the horizontal position the guide tubes in the white leaving considerably. In addition, the Existence of the electronically controlled switches for one complicated, maintenance-intensive construction of the Guide tubes.

Finally, there is a big disadvantage of all conventional Chen automated sorting systems that can be classified manually subjects that are stocked with order goods that cannot be sorted into sorting boxes, as with for example posters in the field of photographic  Deductions not provided integrally and therefore not in the Arranged near the automatically filled collecting container are. Often these compartments are even in their own room placed. So when it comes to delivering to customers more often than not, since the goods from the manu subjects to be classified and from the automatically to be classified arranging collecting containers are brought together; or it will forget those sorted in different ways Deliver order goods together to a customer.

The invention has for its object a compact Sorting system outgoing device to deliver the post parts of the known sorting system outgoing devices overcomes d. H. has a simple structure and for minimizing the number and extent of Damage to the job bags and their contents Sorting issue ensures.

The sorting system outlet is to solve this task Device according to the invention, characterized in that each guide device in a resilient catch area with sloping bottom to one side and an off Running area with an asymmetrical, on the in the up catch area due to the bevel on the bottom side wall to at least the width of one Job bag enlarging, flat bottom and with screen tenwalls facing in the direction of widening the footprint are inclined, divided; said floor bevel, Sidewall slope and widening of the footprint for mutually arranged guide devices against each other fig is; one collection container each, when loading tipped just like the corresponding guide device  is arranged in front of each guide device; and the two collecting containers belonging to a basic unit are attached to each other in the bracket.

It can be provided that in the collecting area due to the bevelled floor longer side wall on your Has a guide bulge on the inside, which is in Direction of the discharge area more and more from the actual Chen side wall extends away.

Furthermore, the invention proposes that directly adjacent to an automatically loaded container a compartment for order goods to be sorted manually is provided.

According to the invention it can be provided that the Support of a basic unit at the bottom of the lower one Tray assigned to the compartment and at the top a has upper compartment assigned to the compartment.

It is also suggested that the bottom of each guide device in the catchment area by means of a spring and over a bearing attached to a guide bracket is.

According to the invention it is also proposed that each up catch container can be tilted to a hal using a bearing is fixed.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is thereby characterized in that each collecting container is two open has the corresponding guide device are inclined.  

The invention proposes that each collecting container the one facing away from the corresponding guide device Sidewall has an actuator.

It can be provided that the actuating element Handle is.

Alternatively, it is proposed that the actuating element is a lever.

It can also be provided that for automatic tilting the collecting container is provided with a drive means.

In the invention it is further provided that the length of a drop channel is a maximum of 1.0 m.

According to the invention it is further proposed that the Fal Oil channels and the guiding devices in the catchment area at least one width that automatically matches the thickness of one corresponds to sorting order bag.

Finally, the invention also provides that the at least the inner base area of each collecting container the length and width of one with one of its two largest Side surface lying flat on the bottom of the same carrying bag.

An execution Example of the sorting plant outlet according to the invention device is now the schematic drawing in detail NEN explained. It shows:  

Fig. 1 is a sorting plant outgoing device base unit according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention schematically in lateral cross section;

FIG. 2 is a partial view of the two guide devices according to FIG. 1 in the collecting area, obliquely from the front; and

Fig. 3 in a sorting plant outgoing device green unit according to FIG. 1 one below the other guide devices in the outlet area, in supervision.

In Fig. 1, a basic unit of a sorting equipment is shown, the device from two in a guide device holder 10 each with a spring 30 , 35 and via a bearing 40 , 45 fastened in the direction of the receptacles 60 , 65 downwardly inclined guide devices 20 , 25 ; two arranged one below the other, with the help of bearings 70 , 75 tiltable in a holder 50 fastened receptacles 60 , 65 , which are arranged such that an order pocket 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 from a guide device 20 , 25 through a first opening 80 , 85 of the corresponding receptacle 60 , 65 in the same gelan gene, and by actuating a handle 100 , 105 egg nes receptacle 60 , 65 the removal of order's rule 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 from the respective second opening 90 , 95 is made possible ; and consists of two compartments 110 , 115 to be sorted manually for poster 5 , for example.

In Fig. 2, the first sections of the guide lines 20 , 25 , resilient catch area 120 a, 125 a, with their beveled bottoms 130 a, 135 a and guide lines 160 a, 165 a on the inside of the longer side wall 140 a, 145 a shown.

Fig. 3 shows the second sections of the guide devices 20 , 25 , outlet area 120 b, 125 b, with their inclined side walls 140 b, 150 b, 145 b, 155 b and the respective asymmetrical widening of the bottoms 130 b, 135 b of guide devices 20 , 25 arranged one below the other.

The sorting system outgoing device ar works as follows:

Indicates the control device of the sorting system that there is a specific compartment of a sorting box above the Fallka channel 21 , 26 , which leads via the associated guide device 20 , 25 to the collecting container 60 , 65 of a customer in which the subject is located On carrying bag 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 to be sorted, the corresponding bottom flap of the box compartment opens. Then falls in this compartment in the vertical position be, with its largest side surfaces parallel to the sides of the compartment standing order bag 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 via said drop channel 21 , 26 in the guide device 20 , 25 , in which they are in the collecting area 120 a, 125 a lands.

The width of the drop channels 21 , 26 and the guide devices 20 , 25 in the catchment area 120 a, 125 a must be a problem-free sliding of an order bag 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , also from the best-filled of the automatically sorted order bags, in said vertical position ge, which means that it is approximately 0.05 to 0.1 m in the case of Fotolaborauftragstaschen.

The geometry of the guide devices 20 , 25 enables a compact structure of the sorting system outgoing device, which among other things leads to the fact that the distance of free fall, even in the drop channel 26 , which leads to the guide device 25 arranged further below, is a maximum of only 1.0 m. This and the fact that in the catchment area 120 a, 125 a of the bottom 130 a, 135 a yields due to the installed spring 30 , 35 , ensure an essentially damage-free impact of job bags on the guide device bottoms 130 a, 135 a.

As soon as the job bag 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 has landed in the desired guide device 20 , 25 , it is accelerated in the direction of the selected collecting container 60 , 65 due to the inclination of the guide device 20 , 25 . At the same time as this acceleration within the guide device 20 , 25 , rotation of the job bag 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 from said vertical position about the largest longitudinal axis thereof in a horizontal position is forced, so that the job bag 1 , 2 , 3 , 4, the guide device 20 , 25 at the end of the outlet area 120 b, 125 b flat lying on the floor 130 b, 135 b leaves the same.

The rotation is forced, for example, in the guide device 20 by a beveled bottom 130 a being present in the collecting area 120 a and a guide bulge 160 a extending inward along the longer side wall 140 a, which extends in the direction of the outlet surface 120 b continues to rise from the wall 140 a, which leads to a tilting of the order pocket 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 from said vertical position to the right; and that at the end of the collecting area 120 a in an inclined position, to the right-inclined order pocket 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 by the also to the right-inclined outlet area side walls 140 b, 150 b is caused to the right of its largest side walls parallel to Bottom 130 b of the guide device 20 to rotate.

So that the job bag 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 can leave the guide device 20 lying flat on the bottom 130 b of the same in a slipping manner, the bottom 130 b of the guide device 20 in the outlet area 120 b is approximately the width of an job bag 1 , 2 , 3, 4 is widened, the bottom 130 that b is widened on the right side until he in the case of photofinishing order envelopes about a width of 0.1 to 0.2 m has been reached.

In the guide devices 20 , 25 arranged one below the other, bevels, inclinations and widenings always run in opposite directions. Thus, in the upper guide device 20 arranged further to the left, an order pocket 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 is rotated clockwise by 90 ° around its largest longitudinal axis, while the lower guide device 25 arranged further to the right for rotating an order pocket 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 provides 90 ° counterclockwise around the same axis, so that the carrier bags 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 regardless of which drop channel 21 , 26 they fell into the same position in a collection container 60 , 65 .

The belonging to a guide device 20 , 25 collecting container 60 , 65 is inclined so that its base par allel to the bottom 130 a, 130 b, 135 a, 135 b of the guide device 20 , 25 , and that through a first opening 80 , 85 the job bag 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 can fall into the same.

Order bags 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , which are successively fed to the same collecting container 60 , 65 , come to lie on top of one another, forming a stack.

Will an operator a collection container 60, 65 empty, it detects a handle 100, 105 at the respective guide means 20, 25 facing away from the wall of the collecting container 60 is attached 65, tilts the on-collecting container 60, 65 so far until they are comfortable reach into the second opening 90 , 95 thereof and can easily remove the stack of job bags 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 .

Since directly adjacent to a collecting container 60 , 65 also a compartment 110 , 115 for goods to be sorted manually 5 , such as. B. poster 5 in the field of photographic prints, an operator can easily order all goods ordered by a customer 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 from the same location from said compartment 110 , 115 and / or said collecting container Remove 60 , 65 . This prevents incorrect merging of manually ordered and automatically sorted order goods, which minimizes the number of incorrect deliveries and late deliveries.

The sorting system outgoing device according to the invention can be used in cooperation with a controlled filling and conveying system for sorting boxes, so that the operating personnel comfortably to the essentially undamaged th, in the collection container 60 , 65 sorted order pockets 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and order goods 5 of the customers can be manually classified into compartments 110 , 115 .

Of course, a sensor can be installed in a receptacle 60 , 65 , which indicates when a receptacle 60 , 65 is filled with job bags 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , so that the operator knows when at the latest a ter 60 , 65 must be emptied .

The drive means that automatically tilt the collecting containers ( 60 , 65 ) can be, for example, an electric motor, a pneumatically or hydraulically operating device, etc.

The advantages of the device according to the invention are:

• 1. Damage minimization when leaving order sta 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 from a sorting system by installation of guide devices 20 , 25 according to the invention and the associated shortening of the drop channels 21 , 26 ;
• 2. Easy removal of the stacking job bags 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 received in a collecting container 60 , 65 by reaching into the second opening 90 , 95 of the collecting container 60 , 65 after the same has been tilted;
• 3.Compact design of the sorting plant exit device due to asymmetrical widening of the guide device 20 , 25 in the outlet area 120 b, 125 b, since the drop channels 21 , 26 therefore do not have to have the width of an order pocket 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and the collecting containers 60 , 65 can be arranged directly one below the other; and
• 4. Minimization of the number of incorrect deliveries and late deliveries of the order goods 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 to the customers by arranging compartments 110 , 115 to be filled manually, adjacent to the collecting containers 60 , 65 .

Of course, the sorting according to the invention is used System outlet device not only in photo laboratories limits.

Reference list

1 job bag
2 job bag
3 job bag
4 job bag
5 posters
10 guide device holder
20 guide device
20 drop channel
25 guide device
26 drop channel
30 feather
35 spring
45 bearings
45 bearings
50 bracket
60 collecting containers
65 collecting containers
70 bearings
75 bearings
80 opening
85 opening
90 opening
95 opening
100 handle
105 handle
110 compartment
115 compartment
120 a catchment area
125 a catchment area
130 a floor
135 a floor
140 a side wall
145 a side wall
150 a side wall
155 a side wall
160 a guide bulge
165 a Lead bulge
120 b run-out area
125 b discharge area
130 b floor
135 b floor
140 b side wall
145 b side wall
150 b side wall
155 b side wall

Claims (14)

1. Sorting system outgoing device into which a sorting good, in particular an order, per tray, from a compartment of a sorting box through a selected drop channel into an associated, assignable collecting container fastened in a holder, the sorting system outgoing device consisting of at least one basic unit of which each have two side by side on ordered drop channels, the job pockets to Füh guiding devices, which are attached to each other, inclined in the direction of the collecting container, in a guide device holder lead, characterized in that each guide device ( 20 , 25 ) in a resilient catch area ( 120 a, 125 a) with beveled bottom to one side ( 130 a, 135 a) and an outlet area ( 120 b, 125 b) with an asymmetrical, on-in the catchment area ( 120 a, 125 a) due the shorter side wall ( 150 a, 155 a) of the estens the width of an order pocket ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) enlarging, flat bottom ( 130 b, 135 b) and with side walls ( 140 b, 150 b, 145 b, 155 b) that inclined in the direction of the broadening of the surface are, is divided;
said bottom slope, side wall inclination and widening of the base for mutually arranged guide devices ( 20 , 25 ) are in opposite directions;
in each case a collecting container ( 60 , 65 ), which is tilted when loading just like the corresponding guide device ( 20 , 25 ), is arranged in front of each guide device ( 20 , 25 ); and the two are part of a basic unit, the collecting container ( 60 , 65 ) are fastened to one another in the holding device ( 50 ). 2. Sorting plant outgoing device according to claim 1, characterized in that in the collecting area ( 120 a, 125 a) due to the inclination of the longer side wall ( 140 a, 145 a) on its inside has a guide bulge ( 160 a, 165 a), which in the direction of the outlet area ( 120 b, 125 b) increasingly extending away from the actual side wall ( 140 a, 145 a). 3. Sorting plant outgoing device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a compartment ( 110 , 115 ) for manually sorted goods ( 5 ) is provided directly adjacent to an automatically loaded collecting container ( 60 , 65 ). 4. Sorting plant outgoing device according to claim 3, characterized in that the holder ( 50 ) of a base unit has at the bottom a compartment ( 115 ) assigned to the lower collecting container ( 65 ) and at the top an compartment ( 110 ) assigned to the upper collecting container ( 60 ). 5. Sorting plant outgoing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bottom ( 130 a, 135 a) of each guide device ( 20 , 25 ) in the collecting area ( 120 a, 125 a) by means of a spring ( 30 , 35 ) and via a bearing ( 40 , 45 ) is attached to a guide device holder ( 10 ). 6. Sorting plant outgoing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each collecting container ( 60 , 65 ) by means of a bearing ( 70 , 75 ) is tiltably attached to a holder ( 50 ). 7. Sorting plant outgoing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each collecting container ( 60 , 65 ) has two open sides ( 80 , 90 , 85 , 95 ) which are inclined to the corresponding guide device. 8. Sorting plant outgoing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each collecting container ( 60 , 65 ) on the side wall facing away from the corresponding guide device ( 20 , 25 ) has an actuating element ( 100 , 105 ). 9. Sorting plant outgoing device according to claim 8, characterized in that the actuating element is a handle ( 100 , 105 ). 10. Sorting plant outgoing device according to claim 8, characterized in that the actuating element is a lever ( 100 , 105 ). 11. Sorting plant outgoing device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that a drive means is provided for the automatic tilting of the collecting container ( 60 , 65 ). 12. Sorting plant outgoing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the length of a drop channel ( 21 , 26 ) is a maximum of 1.0 m. 13. Sorting plant outgoing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drop channels ( 21 , 26 ) and the guide devices ( 20 , 25 ) in the collecting area ( 120 a, 125 a) at least one width which corresponds to the thickness of an order bag to be automatically sorted ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4, ). 14. Sorting plant outgoing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inner base surface of each collecting container ( 60 , 65 ) at least the length and width of one with one of its two largest side surface lying flat on the floor application bag ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4th ) having.