Solystic

Compagnie Generale D'automatisme Cga-hbs

Compagnie General D'automatisme Cga-hbs

Laurent Pellegrin

Pierre Campagnolle

Bruno Volta

Olivier De Sousa

Jean Rieu

Eric Moullard

Wilfrid Beaugrand

Patrick Tetaz-Receveur

Olivier Roch

Jean-Marcel Bergerioux

Christian Duclot

Fabrice Eyraud

Philippe Jeantin

Frederic Mestrallet

Jean-Pierre Hamant

Cedric Milord

Jèrèmy Duboscq

Daniel Abraham

Michel Chaudy

Fabrice Duchemin

Raphael Moulin

Jérémy Duboscq

Jeremy Duboscq

Raphaël Moulin

The sorting installation () of the invention includes sorting outlets () aligned along a sorting conveyor (), each outlet being provided with a recess () for receiving a tray () in which sorted mailpieces () are stored. The installation also includes a tray conveyor () that extends in a certain conveying direction (F) under the sorting outlets for the purpose of transporting trays filled with sorted mailpieces from the sorting outlets to a feed inlet () of the sorting conveyor. The installation further includes a shuttle robot () suitable for traveling on the floor (S) in autonomous manner along the sorting outlets, the robot including handling means () suitable for extracting a tray from a recess of a sorting outlet and for placing it lengthwise on the tray conveyor.

Mail sorting installation with a shuttle robot for injecting trays onto a conveyor

The sorting installation () of the invention includes sorting outlets () aligned along a sorting conveyor (), each outlet having a recess () for receiving a tray () in which sorted mailpieces () are stored, and also a tray conveyor () that extends under the sorting outlets for moving full trays. The installation further includes a shuttle robot () provided with a chute () having a bottom end () that is slidingly attached to a guide rail () extending along the tray conveyor, the shuttle robot being designed to extract a tray full of mail automatically from a recess in a sorting outlet and to drop it onto the top portion of the chute in such a manner that, on reaching the bottom of the chute, the tray is injected onto the tray conveyor under the effect of gravity.

Mail sorting installation with a tray conveyor and a tray-manipulating shuttle robot

Postal sorting equipment for sorting flat mailpieces comprises a postal sorting machine, a storage-tray conveyor for conveying open-topped storage trays that are filled with mailpieces stacked flat, a shuttle-tray conveyor for conveying open-fronted shuttle trays that are substantially L-shaped, and in which the mailpieces are placed on-edge in stacks, and a tray interchanger that is suitable for automatically transferring the mailpieces stored flat in an open-topped storage tray to an open-fronted shuttle tray, the transfer being achieved by turning the storage tray over relative to the shuttle tray, which is held on a slant relative to the horizontal and vertical directions in order to obtain jogging by gravity of the transferred stack of mailpieces against the far inside surface of said shuttle tray.

Postal sorting equipment with a tray interchanger for slanting L-shaped shuttle trays

A sorting machine () for sorting flat articles on edge, which machine has sorting outlets () for stacking the sorted flat articles, each of which sorting outlets is equipped with a stacking actuator () and with at least one slide plate () having a front face () against which the flanks of the flat articles slide while the flat articles are being stacked, the sorting machine () being provided with a noise damper and reducer () for damping and reducing noise generated by the flat articles while they are being stacked, at least a portion of the noise damper and reducer () being provided on the slide plate ().

Sorting machine for sorting flat articles on edge at a reduced noise level

A stacker device () for stacking flats () on edge, which device includes a stacking support () that extends along a certain stacking axis (D) for storing flats () on edge and in a stack, which flats are inserted successively onto said stacking support (), a stacking actuator () for guiding each flat () to be stacked along an insertion axis (D) transverse to the stacking axis (D), and for inserting it at the back of said stack of flats (), said stacking support () being mounted to move relative to the stacking actuator () along the stacking axis (D), and said stacker device () including impulse means () synchronized with the stacking actuator () so as to move the stacking support () in translation by applying an impulse along the stacking axis (D) when a flat () is inserted at the back of said stack of flats (). A storage device and a postal sorting machine including such a stacker device ().

Stacker device for stacking flats, a storage device for storing postal flats, and a postal sorting machine

This device has an arrival corridor via which the articles arrive, an article-receiving zone on which a stack (P) of said articles is formed, and a rotary actuator () suitable for pushing said articles away against a retaining element () for retaining the stack. The actuator () has at least one protective member () for protecting the last article (N) in the stack (P) being formed, said protective member being suitable for being interposed between said last article and a current article (N+1) coming from the arrival corridor.

Device for stacking flat articles on edge and a postal sorting machine equipped with at least one such device

The article conveyor module has a drive system comprising a support plate on which there are mounted a synchronization pulley and a drive belt engaging said synchronization pulley. The synchronization pulley is for coupling to the drive belt of another conveyor module for the purpose of synchronizing the two conveyor modules. In this conveyor module drive system, the synchronization pulley is mounted outside the drive belt. The drive belt of the other conveyor module can also engage the synchronization pulley while remaining on the outside thereof. With this configuration, synchronizing two conveyor modules does not require an intermediate synchronization belt to be installed.

Drive system for an article conveyor module

An article handling system including a frame defining an upper, horizontal working surface (20). The system further includes a device (24) for supporting a receptacle (22) for final reception of articles, an elongated plate (10) mounted for pivotal movement about a pivot device (72, 74), and a device (26) for retaining the articles. The device for retaining the articles includes an elongated support (28) disposed parallel to the length of the plate in its horizontal position and fixed to remain immovable relative to the upper working surface at least in the vertical direction. The device for retaining the articles further includes a first member (30) for retaining the articles and fixed to a first end of the support and a second member (32) for retaining the articles mounted for movement relative to the support and guided by the support, a restoring device (40) urging the second retaining member toward the first retaining member, and a device (42) for positioning the articles fixed to the support and disposed parallel to the plate.

Article handling system, especially for an automatic mail sorting machine

A device for filling boxes, especially at the output of a machine sorting flat objects, particularly postal items, has at least one inclined support plate for diverted letters, a jogging member and a sliding plate subject to a restoring force. The device includes at least one bar retractable through at least one aperture in the box. Each bar is formed by two arms, of which a first arm is freely pivoted to the frame of the machine at its first end. A scrod arm extending the support plate in its operative position is freely pivoted on the second end of the first arm and rests with its first end of the bottom of the box.

Box filling device, especially at the output of a postal sorting machine

An unstacking device for objects such as mail envelopes is of the type comprising a magazine for storing and feeding stacked objects and a discharge head for separately removing jogged objects from a stack. The device is provided within the terminal portion of the magazine with a transition edge guide which serves to restore inclined objects to a practically upright position for subsequent discharge and is inclined with respect to the direction of feed motion of stacked objects and with a jogging reference edge guide which is relatively displaced towards the exterior of the magazine. There are associated with the edge guides a feed screw for advancing objects and a delay screw for retarding objects, the screws being interposed between jogging rollers opposite to the edge guides.

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Livron, France

Laurent Pellegrin