Solystic

Damien Hugues

Pierre Campagnolle

Christian Duclot

Bruno Cartal

Stephane Ambroise

Olivier De Sousa

Eric Moullard

Robert Vivant

Jacques Chapelet

Mickael Dauvergne

Lionel Faivre

Mathieu Bayon

Daniel Abraham

Mikaël Dauvergne

Marie Petit

Frédéric Mestrallet

Stéphane Ambroise

Mickaël Dauvergne

A storage module () comprises a storage zone () for storing flat articles () by accumulation in a stack and on edge, a main conveyor () that extends transversely to the storage zone, a stacking function for transferring an article from the main conveyor to the storage zone and for stacking it at the back of the stack of articles in the storage zone, and an unstacking function for extracting an article from the stack of articles and for transferring it to the main conveyor. The unstacking function comprises an unstacking plate () having a perforated belt and controlled suction and disposed between the main conveyor and the storage zone, said unstacking plate having a first segment parallel to the stack of articles and a second segment that is adjacent to the first segment and that extends slantwise relative to the first segment, said controlled suction being disposed in the slantwise second segment of the unstacking plate.

Storage module with stacking and unstacking functions

Automatic loading/unloading apparatus () for automatically loading flat articles () stacked on edge into storage trays () and for automatically unloading flat articles () stacked on edge therefrom, each of the storage trays () having a bottom plate () provided with a through window (), said automatic loading/unloading apparatus having a stationary actuator () in register with said window and a moving actuator () that receives said storage tray () and that is mounted to move between:

Automatic loading/unloading apparatus for automatically loading/unloading flat articles stacked on edge, a sorting machine for sorting flat articles, an unloading method, and a postal sorting method

A stacker device () for flat articles () stacked on edge, said device including a retaining paddle () mounted to be moveable along the stacking path (E) between an upstream position and a downstream position, and between a working position in which it interferes with said stacking path (E) and a resting position in which it does not interfere with said stacking path (E), a holding finger () suitable for being in a deployed position in which it interferes with said stacking path (E) so as to receive the foot of a flat article () bearing against it, and mounted to be moveable along said stacking path (E) between a rear position and a front position, said holding finger () and said retaining paddle () being independent from each other so that said holding finger () retains said foot of the flat article () even when said retaining paddle () is in its resting position.

Stacker device for flat articles stacked on edge, and a postal sorting machine

In a method of sorting mailpieces, in which method the mailpieces sorted into the sorting outlets of a postal sorting machine are transferred from said sorting outlets to an unstacker magazine of the machine, or to an unstacker magazine of another sorting machine for the purpose of being sorted again into sorting outlets, said mailpieces are handled by means of shuttle trays of variable storage capacity for the purpose of transferring them from the sorting outlets to the unstacker magazine.

Method of sorting mailpieces by means of shuttle trays of variable storage capacity

The postal sorting machine has sorting outlets in which mailpieces are accumulated, said sorting outlets being disposed in line along a certain longitudinal axis. It further includes a recirculation device for recirculating the mailpieces stored in the sorting outlets, this device comprising a belt () mounted to move along the sorting outlets and to which cleats () are fastened to define a succession of compartments () that face respective ones of the sorting outlets, each compartment being arranged to store, on edge, mailpieces taken from a corresponding sorting outlet.

Postal sorting machine having a mailpiece recirculation device comprising a cleated belt

A sorting machine for sorting mailpieces such as letters and flats, said machine having at least one row of sorting outlets () and a trolley for handling the mailpieces as a stack outside the sorting outlets. The trolley is mounted to slide on the machine along said row of sorting outlets and carries a deck that is substantially horizontal and that is mounted to move in rotation relative to the trolley () about a vertical axis so as to take up at least two angular positions that are offset from each other by 90 degrees.

Postal sorting machine with a carriage for handling mailpieces

Unstacker apparatus () for unstacking flat items (E), the unstacker apparatus comprising a flat item feed magazine (M) in which the flat items are disposed in a stack and on edge and are moved in a certain direction (D) until they reach an unstacking plate () disposed in alignment with said feed magazine, whereupon they are ejected one-by-one in a perpendicular direction (P) that is perpendicular to said certain direction (D), the unstacker apparatus further comprising a blower member () which is disposed so as to blow a jet of air onto the flat items, and which is mounted in a manner such as to be retractable into the unstacking plate.

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Bourg les Valence, France

Damien Hugues