MAIL SORTING INSTALLATION WITH A TRAY CONVEYOR HAVING A RETRACTABLE EDGE AND ITS TRAY-MANIPULATING SHUTTLE ROBOT

    公开(公告)号:US20190308219A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-10

    申请号:US16373966

    申请日:2019-04-03

    Applicant: SOLYSTIC

    Abstract: The sorting installation (1) of the invention for sorting mailpieces (6) includes sorting outlets (2) in line along a sorting conveyor (3), each outlet having a recess (4) for receiving a tray (5) in which sorted mailpieces are stored, and also a tray conveyor (8) that extends under the sorting outlets for transporting the trays filled with sorted mailpieces from the sorting outlets to a feed inlet (7) of the sorting conveyor. The installation of the invention further includes a tray-manipulating shuttle robot (9) suitable for moving along the tray conveyor past the sorting outlets, and for extracting a tray from a recess of a sorting outlet associated with it under the control of a monitoring and control unit (19) so as to transfer it to the tray conveyor.

    Mail sorting installation with a tray conveyor having a retractable edge and its tray-manipulating shuttle robot

    公开(公告)号:US10906068B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-02

    申请号:US16373966

    申请日:2019-04-03

    Applicant: SOLYSTIC

    Abstract: The sorting installation (1) of the invention for sorting mailpieces (6) includes sorting outlets (2) in line along a sorting conveyor (3), each outlet having a recess (4) for receiving a tray (5) in which sorted mailpieces are stored, and also a tray conveyor (8) that extends under the sorting outlets for transporting the trays filled with sorted mailpieces from the sorting outlets to a feed inlet (7) of the sorting conveyor. The installation of the invention further includes a tray-manipulating shuttle robot (9) suitable for moving along the tray conveyor past the sorting outlets, and for extracting a tray from a recess of a sorting outlet associated with it under the control of a monitoring and control unit (19) so as to transfer it to the tray conveyor.

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