Solystic

Agnes Philippe

Hicham El Bernoussi

Celine Guignard

Bruno Volta

A method of merging, on a table (), postal articles () with mailpieces () that are already sorted into a certain sorting order comprises the steps of pre-sorting the postal articles () in a sorting frame having vertical slots by means of an electronic station for assisting with sorting in the sorting frame, and then in using said station again for assisting the operative with merging the pre-sorted postal articles with the mailpieces.

Method of merging postal articles with already-sorted mailpieces on a table

A sorting machine () for sorting flat articles () on edge, which machine includes an upstream conveyor (), and a downstream conveyor () that conveys the flat articles () by nipping them, the upstream conveyor () and the downstream conveyor () being separated by detector means () including an intermediate conveyor () provided with intermediate belts () that convey said flat articles () by nipping them, and that are associated individually with suction means () pressing any flat article () against one or the other of said intermediate belts (), image capture means () for capturing images of the bottoms of said flat articles () passing between the intermediate belts (), and analysis and processing means () for analyzing and processing said images to detect any bunching of said flat articles ().

Sorting machine for sorting flat articles on edge, with article bunching being detected

The unstacker device () for unstacking flat articles comprises: a magazine () in which the articles () to be unstacked are disposed on edge in a stack against a jogging edge () and facing an unstacking plate () arranged to separate a first article (A) and to drive it in a certain unstacking direction (A) that is perpendicular to the jogging edge (); a conveyor () for conveying the unstacked articles, the conveyor having an inlet (A) downstream from the jogging edge (); and retaining means () disposed between the jogging edge () and the inlet of the conveyor (A) and actuated to exert a retaining force on an article (A,B), which retaining force opposes movement of the article. The device further comprises a detector device () suitable for sensing and analyzing the trace of the article moving between the jogging edge and the conveyor so as to detect the presence of a plurality of articles moving together, and, on the basis of such detection, so as to actuate said retaining means for the purpose of separating said articles.

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Agnes Philippe