Solystic

Celine Guignard

Hicham El Bernoussi

Agnes Philippe

Emmanuel Miette

Bruno Volta

Claude Mitte

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.

Unstacker device for unstacking flat articles, with detection of their traces

Image acquisition apparatus () for acquiring images of mailpieces (P), the apparatus comprising a housing () inside which the following are placed: a first camera () co-operating with a first lighting system () emitting light radiation at a certain wavelength suitable for exciting a fluorescent mark to acquire an image of the surface of a mailpiece through a first window (); a second camera () co-operating with a second lighting system () emitting light radiation in the visible light domain to acquire an image of the surface of a mailpiece through a second window (); and means () for preventing light interference, which means are concave in shape and are disposed between the first window and the second window, the second lighting system () being disposed in the cavity of said means () for preventing light interference.

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Celine Guignard