• 专利附录
  • 专利说明
  • 权利要求
  • 类似技术
  • 同族专利
  • 引用文献
  • 法律状态
  • 优先权
    • 专利摘要:
    Postage processing equipment, in particular for preparing the postman's tour, comprises a sorting machine (1) with a feed inlet (2) and sorting outlets (3). The objects (4) sorted sorting outlets are transported in storage bins (5) by shuttle robots (6). A control / command unit (7) controls the movement of the shuttle robots with bins full of objects between the sorting outlets and the feed inlet and with empty bins along the sorting outlets where the shuttle robots go. move in convoys and in a target tracking mode.
    公开号:FR3040900A1
    申请号:FR1558620
    申请日:2015-09-15
    公开日:2017-03-17
    发明作者:Luc Chirol；Francois Madar
    申请人:Solystic SAS；
    IPC主号:
    专利说明:

    Technical area
    The present invention relates to mailpiece processing equipment comprising a sorting machine with a feed inlet and sorting outlets and storage bins for transporting the sorted objects between the sorting outlets and the feed inlet. from the machine or from the sorting outlets to an evacuation point of the sorted objects.
    Such equipment can be used advantageously in a sorting center for the preparation of the postman's tour.
    These bins are usually handled by Operators who move along sorting outlets with a cart transport cart.
    The carriage is used to bring empty bins to the sorting outlets and to remove the full bins of these sorting outlets to transport them to the feed inlet or to the point of discharge.
    There are also solutions for automatic conveying of the bins between the outlets and the feed inlet of the sorting machine. For example, bins conveyor systems are already known which automatically discharge the full bins of the sorting outlets and which also load these sorting outlets with empty bins.
    The object of the invention is to propose another solution for transporting the full bins and the empty bins between the sorting outlets and the feed inlet of the machine or towards an evacuation point of the sorted objects. For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a postal item processing equipment comprising a sorting machine with a feed inlet and sorting outlets and storage bins for transporting the sorted objects between the sorting outlets and the feed inlet of the machine, characterized in that it further comprises shuttle robots able to move the trays under the control of a control / command unit, this unit being arranged to control the movement of shuttle robots with bins full of objects between the sorting outlets and the feed inlet and with empty bins along the sorting outlets in a target tracking mode where several shuttle robots follow in convoy an Operator who moves the along the sorting outlets of the machine, for example by locating a tag carried by it. The idea behind the invention is that shuttle robots support empty bins near the power input of the postal sorting machine. Then these shuttle robots move in convoys (one or more convoys) along the sorting outlets of the machine. Each convoy of shuttle robots follows an Operator who moves along the sorting outlets to unload them from the full bins as the sorting process proceeds. The Operator transfers a bin full of a sorting outlet to a shuttle robot, for example the shuttle robot at the head of the convoy. This shuttle robot then leaves the convoy and transports the full tank under the command of the control / command unit to the feed inlet of the machine or possibly to another point of evacuation sorted objects.
    The full tank arriving at the feed inlet of the sorting machine is discharged from the shuttle robot and the shuttle robot can then be loaded with an empty container generated by the feed inlet for example. The equipment according to the invention may have the following features. The control / command unit is arranged in such a way as to automatically aggregate to a convoy of shuttle robots a shuttle robot with an empty bin when a shuttle robot of this convoy loaded with a full bin is moved from a sorting outlet to the truck. input power to the machine. The control / command unit is arranged to control the movement of several convoys of shuttle robots with empty bins along the sorting outlets of the machine. The control / command unit is arranged to automatically balance in shuttle robots the different convoys along the sorting outlets cascading by shedding adjacent convoys.
    The sorting machine may comprise at each sorting outlet a call member of the control / command unit to call a shuttle robot of a convoy with empty bins opposite this sorting outlet.
    It can be provided a gateway which is intercalated between a sorting outlet of the machine and a shuttle robot to be loaded with a bin full of objects, this gateway being designed so that the machine operator moves the bin full by sliding to said shuttle robot.
    Advantageously, the control / command unit controls the movement of the shuttle robots with empty bins on a first traffic lane adjacent to the sorting outlets of the machine and the shuttle robots with full bins on a second lane adjacent to the machine. first lane.
    BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention is described below in more detail and illustrated by the drawings.
    Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a postal item processing equipment with a sorting machine and shuttle robots.
    Figure 2 very schematically illustrates a state of the equipment during a ferry transport by shuttle robots.
    Figure 3 illustrates another state of the equipment during the automatic aggregation of a shuttle robot to a convoy of shuttle robots.
    Figure 4 schematically illustrates the transfer of a bin full of a sorting outlet to a shuttle robot loaded with an empty bin.
    Description of the embodiments
    In Figure 1 of the drawings, there is illustrated a postal item processing equipment, such as letters or packages, which comprises a postal sorting machine 1 with a feed inlet 2 and sorting outlets 3. Such equipment can be used to carry out the preparation of the postman's tour in a postal sorting center.
    The sorted objects such as 4 in the sorting outlets 3 are here transported in storage bins 5 to the feed inlet 2 in particular to be reloaded in the sorting machine for a new sorting pass or to a point d evacuation of sorted objects. In the case of example, the postal objects 4 are sorted directly in the storage bins 5 of the sorting outlets, but the invention can be applied to packer sorting outlets which are emptied into the storage bins 5.
    In FIG. 1, only a few sorting outlets 3 have been illustrated with storage bins filled with postal items 4, but a sorting machine according to the invention can comprise a very large number of sorting outlets 3.
    FIG. 1 also shows two machine operators 01 and 02 which are each posted next to a sorting outlet. The invention can extend to a larger number of operators.
    According to the invention, the equipment comprises shuttle robots 6 for transporting the bins 5 between the sorting outlets 3 and the feed inlet 2 or towards an evacuation point of the sorted objects. The shuttle robots are remotely controlled mobile motorized units. In the case of example, the bins are placed on mobile carts respectively coupled to the shuttle robots to be moved to the ground.
    In particular, according to the invention, these shuttle robots carry storage bins 5 filled with postal objects from the sorting outlets 3 to the feed inlet 2 or to an evacuation point for sorted objects and bins. 5 empties from feed inlet 2 to sorting outlets 3. Empty trays are loaded here on carriages near feed inlet 2.
    The displacement of the shuttle robots 6 is controlled by a control / command unit 7.
    According to the invention, this unit 7 is arranged to control the movement of shuttle robots loaded with full bins between the sorting outlets and the feed inlet to recycle the objects in a new machine sorting pass. Unit 7 is arranged to control the movement of shuttle robots 6 by assigning them a destination spatial position. The unit 7 is also arranged to control the movement of the shuttle robots loaded with empty bins along the sorting outlets according to a particular mode of displacement said target tracking where several shuttle robots follow in convoy an Operator who travels along sorting outlets. In this target tracking mode, each convoy of shuttle robots (and thus the shuttle robot at the head of the convoy) for example follows a beacon 10 which is carried by an operator who moves along the sorting outlets of the machine.
    As can be seen in FIG. 1, the operator 01 carries a tag 10. The convoy 6A of shuttle robots 6 follows on the move the beacon 10 of the operator 01 which can move to the left as illustrated by an arrow on the Figure 1 or to the right. The convoy 6B of shuttle robots 6 follows in motion the beacon 10 of the operator 02 which can move to the right as shown by an arrow in Figure 1 or to the left.
    FIG. 1 shows again in broken lines a first circulation lane 8 of the shuttle robots which runs along the sorting outlets 3 and on which the shuttle robots 6 which transport empty trays move in convoys and a second lane of circulation. 9 of the shuttle robots that runs along the track 8 and on which the shuttle robots 6 which carry the full bins join the feed inlet 2 or to an evacuation point sorted objects.
    As can be seen in FIG. 1, the channel 9 is here more outside of the sorting machine than the channel 8.
    In operation of the equipment, when a tank is full in a sorting outlet such as the outputs 3A or 3B in FIG. 1, the Operator placed on one side of this sorting outlet calls a shuttle robot 6, forming part of the shuttle robot convoy 6A or 6B which follows it in motion, to position itself next to this sorting outlet.
    This call can be triggered by pressing a control button 11 arranged near the sort outlet in question which actuates the unit 7.
    In the illustration of FIG. 1, the convoy 6A of shuttle robots is formed near the sorting outlet 3A where the Operator 01 is standing. Each shuttle robot 6 of this convoy 6A carries an empty storage bin 5. Here the shuttle robot 6 at the head of the convoy faces the sorting outlet to be unloaded, where the operator 01 is positioned. The operator 01 then carries out an exchange of trays in the sorting outlet 3A as illustrated in FIG. The full tank 5 of the outlet 3A is loaded here on the shuttle robot at the head of the convoy 6A and the empty tank loaded on this shuttle robot is placed in the sorting outlet 3A. The same transfer operation can be performed at the same time for the Operator 02 with the convoy 6B. To facilitate this bin transfer operation from a sorting outlet to a shuttle robot (with its trolley), it is possible to use a sort of bridge which is inserted between the sorting outlet and the shuttle robot carriage and which is designed for the Operator to move the full bin by simply sliding the bin from the sorting outlet to the shuttle cart. The carriage is advantageously double-stage to place the full bin and the empty bin in superposition as shown in Figure 4 which shows in profile the output 3A with a robot shuttle 6, a carriage 6 'double-stage loaded down a empty tray 5 and waiting to be loaded at the top of the full tank 5 by horizontal sliding (according to the arrow) on the bridge 6 ''. Then the Operator 01 activates the unit 7 (for example using the control button 11 of the sorting outlet 3A) so that it controls the movement of the shuttle robot loaded from the full bin towards the entrance of the unit. supply 2 of the machine or to an evacuation point of the sorted objects, which is illustrated by the arrows in Figure 2. In this operation this shuttle robot crosses the track 8 to join the track 9.
    At the same time the unit 7 controls the movement of another shuttle robot 6 loaded with an empty bin to automatically aggregate it to the convoy 6A of shuttle robots so as to distribute the shuttle robots between the Operators 01 and 02. At the feed inlet 2 of the sorting machine, the full container on the shuttle robot 6 is unloaded and replaced by an empty container. Under the control of the unit 7, the shuttle robot then returns in convoy on the taxiway 8 at the rear of the convoy 6A of shuttle robots. The unit 7 is able to automatically balance in shuttle robots the different convoys 6A and 6B along the channel 8 by cascading shedding of convoys ac acents.
    FIG. 3 shows, by way of example, the shuttle robot at the head of the convoy 6A which is joined to the tail of the convoy 6B so that the two convoys 6A and 6B have the same number of robots. Shuttle Buses. The unit 7 is designed to perform this balancing process with load shedding as the full bins in the sorting outlets are transferred by the shuttle robots to the feed inlet 2 of the machine or to another unloading point.
    It is understood that this balancing process with load shedding is independent of the movements of the Operators 01 and 02 along the sorting outlets.
    The number of shuttle robots per convoy can be an adjustable parameter of the equipment which depends inter alia on the number of sorting outlets of the machine and the number of Operators assigned to the emptying of the sorting outlets.
    The beacon 10 is advantageously a beacon of spatial location of the Machine Operator which allows the unit 7 to manage in real time the movement of convoys of shuttle robots in target tracking on the Machine Operators.
    With the invention, it is also possible to sequence the full bins brought by the shuttle robots from the sorting outlets so as to cause the unit 7 to carry out a sorting process of the postal objects for a preparation of the tour of the factor, the unit 7 controlling the return of the full bins in sequence from the sorting outlets of the machine to the feed inlet of the machine.
    权利要求:
    Claims (9)
    [1" id="c-fr-0001]
    CLAIMS 1 / Postal object processing equipment comprising a sorting machine (1) with a feed inlet (2) and sorting outlets (3) and storage bins (5) for transporting the sorted objects between them sorting outlets and the feed inlet of the machine, characterized in that it further comprises shuttle robots (6) able to move the bins under the control of a control / command unit (7), this unit being arranged to control the movement of shuttle robots with full bins of objects between the sorting outlets and the feed inlet and with empty bins along the sorting outlets in a target tracking mode where multiple robots shuttles follow in convoy (6A, 6B) an Operator (01.02) which moves along the sorting outlets of the machine.
    [0002]
    2 / Equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that the control / control unit (7) is arranged in such a way as to automatically aggregate to a convoy of shuttle robots a shuttle robot with an empty container when a robot shuttle of this convoy loaded with a full bin is moved from a sorting outlet to the feed inlet of the machine.
    [0003]
    3 / Equipment according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the control / control unit (7) is arranged to control the movement of several convoys of shuttle robots with empty trays along the sorting outlets of the machine.
    [0004]
    4 / Equipment according to claim 3, characterized in that the control / control unit (7) is arranged to automatically distribute the shuttle robots between the different convoys along the sorting outlets cascading shedding adjacent convoys.
    [0005]
    5 / Equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sorting machine (1) comprises at each sorting outlet a call member (11) of the control / command unit to call a shuttle robot d a convoy of shuttle robots with empty bins next to this sorting outlet.
    [0006]
    6 / Equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that there is provided a bridge (6 '') which is intercalated between a sorting outlet of the machine and a shuttle robot to be loaded with a full bin of objects, this gateway being designed such that the Machine Operator moves this tray full by sliding to said robot shuttle.
    [0007]
    7 / Equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control / command unit (7) controls the movement of shuttle robots with empty bins on a first traffic lane (8) adjacent to the sorting outlets. the shuttle machine and robots with full bins on a second traffic lane (9) adjacent to the first lane.
    [0008]
    8 / Equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control / control unit (7) is arranged to control the movement of shuttle robots with full bins between the sorting outlets and an evacuation point of objects.
    [0009]
    9 / method for sorting postal items for the preparation of the tour of the factor, characterized in that it is carried out with equipment according to one of the preceding claims which returns in sequence full bins from the sorting outlets of the machine to the feed inlet of the machine.
    类似技术:
    公开号 | 公开日 | 专利标题
    EP3349918B1|2019-08-28|Postal sorting equipment with travelling robots carrying containers
    US10077120B2|2018-09-18|System for handling of luggage or parcel items
    EP1042199B1|2003-04-16|Conveyor system for conveying different kinds of articles
    FR3061044A1|2018-06-29|PACKAGE TREATMENT EQUIPMENT WITH SHUTTLE ROBOTS THAT MOVE BAGS OR THE LIKE
    EP3302829B1|2019-09-04|Device for sorting objects into bags
    DE102018114026A1|2019-12-12|Two-stage order picking with sorter with highly dynamic sorter trays
    CN208377726U|2019-01-15|Track intelligent sorting system
    WO2019100857A1|2019-05-31|Sorting device and sorting method
    EP3564164B1|2020-08-05|Storage/picking cell for parcel handling logistics platform
    CN110271827A|2019-09-24|Track intelligent sorting system
    US20180155059A1|2018-06-07|A system for handling of luggage or parcel items
    FR3041550A1|2017-03-31|MODULAR AND REMOVABLE EQUIPMENT FOR THE AUTOMATIC SORTING IN BAGS OF PARCELS
    CN105984731B|2019-06-28|A kind of cargo loads and sorting and receive-transmit system
    EP3558552B1|2021-01-06|Shuttle with platform for sorting oversize parcles
    FR3062321A1|2018-08-03|EQUIPMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARCELS WITH A SHUTTLE CARRIER AND A ROLLER CONVEYOR
    EP3558551B1|2021-01-06|Automatic sorting equipment for exception packages
    JP2022518087A|2022-03-14|Delivery site and delivery method
    同族专利:
    公开号 | 公开日
    EP3349918B1|2019-08-28|
    FR3040900B1|2017-09-01|
    ES2748854T3|2020-03-18|
    US20170266697A1|2017-09-21|
    EP3349918A1|2018-07-25|
    US9981291B2|2018-05-29|
    WO2017046498A1|2017-03-23|
    引用文献:
    公开号 | 申请日 | 公开日 | 申请人 | 专利标题
    WO2001008817A1|1999-08-02|2001-02-08|Siemens Aktiengesellschaft|Sorting flat mail into delivery point sequencing|EP3431194A1|2017-07-21|2019-01-23|Applied Materials, Inc.|Automation for rotary sorters|
    FR3077743A1|2018-02-13|2019-08-16|Solystic|COURIER SORTING SYSTEM WITH CONTAINER OF BINS AND ROBOT SHUTTLE MANIPULATOR OF BINS|
    FR3077744A1|2018-02-13|2019-08-16|Solystic|COURIER SORTING SYSTEM WITH ROBOT BOWL INJECTION SHUTTER ON CONVEYOR|
    WO2019175490A1|2018-03-16|2019-09-19|Solystic|Sorting machine comprising a bucket conveyor with reduction of sorting outlets|
    FR3079760A1|2018-04-10|2019-10-11|Solystic|COURIER SORTING SYSTEM WITH RETRACTABLE BANK CONVEYOR AND ROBOT SHUTTLE MANIPULATOR|
    CN111760795A|2019-07-16|2020-10-13|北京京东乾石科技有限公司|Method and device for sorting goods|
    US11278936B2|2018-02-13|2022-03-22|Solystic|Mail sorting installation with a shuttle robot for injecting trays onto a conveyor|DE602008005645D1|2007-11-19|2011-04-28|Solystic|DEVICE FOR UNLOADING CONTAINERS BY A SWINGEL ELEMENT|
    AT524246T|2007-12-13|2011-09-15|Solystic|METHOD FOR SORTING POSTS BY DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT OF OUTPUTS|
    US8116921B2|2008-08-20|2012-02-14|Autonomous Solutions, Inc.|Follower vehicle control system and method for forward and reverse convoy movement|
    FR2940149B1|2008-12-23|2010-12-03|Solystic|POSTAL SORTING MACHINE WITH TROLLEY FOR HANDLING POSTAL SHIPMENTS|
    FR2940151B1|2008-12-23|2010-12-17|Solystic|MACHINE FOR SORTING LARGE FORMAT POSTAL OBJECTS AND LETTERS|
    WO2015035300A1|2013-09-09|2015-03-12|Dematic Corp.|Autonomous mobile picking|
    WO2015189849A1|2014-06-13|2015-12-17|Omer Einav|Systems and methods for modular storage and management|FR3061042B1|2016-12-22|2019-02-01|Solystic|EQUIPMENT FOR THE AUTOMATIC SORTING OF NON-STANDARD PARCELS|
    FR3061044B1|2016-12-23|2019-02-01|Solystic|PACKAGE TREATMENT EQUIPMENT WITH SHUTTLE ROBOTS THAT MOVE BAGS OR THE LIKE|
    CN107597600B|2017-09-26|2019-08-30|北京京东振世信息技术有限公司|Sorting system and method for sorting|
    US10758943B1|2019-04-25|2020-09-01|Siemens Logistics Llc|Container-based material handling for automatic parcel sacking system|
    法律状态:
    2016-09-23| PLFP| Fee payment|Year of fee payment: 2 |
    2017-03-17| PLSC| Search report ready|Effective date: 20170317 |
    2017-09-14| PLFP| Fee payment|Year of fee payment: 3 |
    2018-09-21| PLFP| Fee payment|Year of fee payment: 4 |
    2019-09-20| PLFP| Fee payment|Year of fee payment: 5 |
    2020-09-18| PLFP| Fee payment|Year of fee payment: 6 |
    优先权:
    申请号 | 申请日 | 专利标题
    FR1558620A|FR3040900B1|2015-09-15|2015-09-15|POSTAL SORTING EQUIPMENT WITH SHUTTLE ROBOTS THAT TRANSPORT BINS|FR1558620A| FR3040900B1|2015-09-15|2015-09-15|POSTAL SORTING EQUIPMENT WITH SHUTTLE ROBOTS THAT TRANSPORT BINS|
    ES16775303T| ES2748854T3|2015-09-15|2016-09-12|Postal sorting team with shuttle robots carrying containers|
    PCT/FR2016/052291| WO2017046498A1|2015-09-15|2016-09-12|Postal sorting device comprising shuttle robots that transport containers|
    EP16775303.7A| EP3349918B1|2015-09-15|2016-09-12|Postal sorting equipment with travelling robots carrying containers|
    US15/316,373| US9981291B2|2015-09-15|2016-09-12|Postal sorting equipment with shuttle robot carts that transport trays|
    [返回顶部]