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Societe Anonyme Dite: Compagnie Generale D'automatisme Cga-hbs

Compagnie Generale D'automatisme Cga Hgs

Francois Gillet

Guy Forella

Philippe Jeantin

Roland Allio

Gilbert Del Fabro

Raymond Chifflet

Emmanuel Delbe

Etienne Serot

Olivier De Sousa

Chifflet Raymond

In order to be able to prepare a postman's walk containing both letters (L) and 'large format' flat postal objects (P) in a single pass:

Method and machine for preparing postman's route in one single pass

The machine for merging batches of objects, in particular batches (L , L ) of mail items (A) previously ordered according to their order of distribution in the mailman's round, so as to constitute a single batch of mail items which is ordered according to the mailman's round comprises: a) destacking units (D , D ), b) linked to the exit of each destacking unit, one or more dynamic-storage magazines (M -M ) in each of which the items are moved in series around a storage loop, and interposed between each destacking unit and a dynamic-storage magazine, a device (DL , DL ) for reading a classifying cue on each destacked object; c) a conveyor (CS) in which the mail items are moved in series and to which the dynamic-storage magazines are linked in parallel, d) a control/command unit (U) for the destacking units and for the dynamic-storage magazines which, on the basis of the classifying cues read by the reading devices, controls the transferring of the mail items from the destacking units to the dynamic-storage magazines and then from the dynamic-storage magazines to the conveyor.

Process and machine for merging ordered batches of objects, in particular batches of mail items

A device for unstacking flat objects comprises an unstacking head (2) provided with a suction cup (88) for grasping the first flat object in a stack of such objects presented thereto and for moving a grasped flat object towards an exit position (40) in which the object is released. The suction cup (88) is a bellows suction cup made of a flexible material such that when it grasps the first flat object in the stack, it retracts under the effect of the suction and entrains at least the surface of the grasped object therewith as it retracts. A shoe (90) having a surface close to the grasping plane of the suction cup is disposed adjacent to the suction cup in fixed relationship relative to the mount (50) carrying the suction cup. The shoe thus constitutes an obstacle to the surface of a grasped flat object, thereby warping said surface as the suction cup retracts.

Device for unstacking flat objects

A method of extracting and accelerating flat objects such as postal items which are presented in the outlet position of an unstacking head for use by a machine downstream therefrom, the method making use of a clamp for grasping postal items one-by-one and of various sensors (7) such as photoelectric cells, serving to indicate the presence of a postal item in the outlet position of the unstacking head, or in the field of action of the clamp, or serving to indicate that the clamp is in a waiting position or in an end-of-stroke position, the method being characterized in that it essentially comprises the following stages:

Method of extracting and accelerating flat objects

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Lyons, France

Francois Gillet