Device for processing mail items in bundles
AssigneeElsag Datamat SPA
InventorGuido Teodoro De Leo
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Abstract
A device for processing mail items, having: at least one stacking device for forming a bundle of superimposed mail items and moving it from a forming position to a loading position; one or more robots for removing the bundles in the loading position and moving them into a covering position; one or more covering devices for placing upside down containers over the bundles in the covering position, so the bundles of mail items are housed inside the containers; a conveying system supplied by the covering devices with bundles of mail items covered with respective upside down containers; and a turnover device for turning the containers over through 180°, so the containers are positioned with their respective openings facing upwards.
Claims24
A device for processing mail items in bundles, comprising:
- at least one stacking device (3) for forming a bundle (4) of said mail items (7) and moving said bundle into a loading position;
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- pickup and handling means (9, 11, 15) provided to place a container (12) over said bundle (4) so that said bundle (4) being disposed inside said container and container (12) having an opening and to pick up said bundle (4) in said loading position and move said bundle (4) into a covering position;
- said stacking device (3) comprising:
- at least one substantially horizontal, flat supporting wall (20), on which said bundle (4) being placed;
- a front retainer (31) and a rear retainer (32) engaging opposite faces of said bundle (4) to keep said mail items (7) in said bundle (4) substantially perpendicular to said flat supporting wall (20) while being supported by said flat supporting wall (20), wherein said pickup and handling means (9, 11, 15) comprise at least one robot (9) for picking up said bundle (4) in said loading position and moving said bundle (4) into said covering position;
- and wherein said robot (9) comprises:
- at least one substantially horizontal, flat loading wall (50);
- a first auxiliary retainer (54) and a second auxiliary retainer (58), which substitute respectively for said front retainer (31) and said rear retainer (32) to retain said bundle as it is moved from said flat supporting wall (20) to said flat loading wall (50);
- said first auxiliary retainer (54) and said second auxiliary retainer (58) being movable synchronously by actuating means to transfer said bundle from said flat supporting wall (20) to said flat loading wall (50) by moving said bundle.
A device for processing mail items in bundles, comprising:
- at least one stacking device (3) for forming a bundle (4) of said mail items (7) and moving said bundle into a loading position;
- and
- pickup and handling means (9, 11, 15) provided to place a container (12) over said bundle (4) so that said bundle (4) being disposed inside said container (12) having an opening and to pick up said bundle and container (4) in said loading position and move said bundle (4) into a covering position;
- said stacking device (3) comprising:
- at least one substantially horizontal, flat supporting wall (20), on which said bundle (4) being placed;
- a front retainer (31) and a rear retainer (32) engaging opposite faces of said bundle (4) to keep said mail items (7) in said bundle (4) substantially perpendicular to said flat supporting wall (20) while supported,
- wherein said pickup and handling means (9, 11, 15) comprise:
- at least one robot (9) for picking up said bundle (4) in the loading position and moving it into said covering position.
A device for processing mail items in bundles, comprising:
- at least one stacking device (3) for forming a bundle (4) of said mail items (7) and moving said bundle into a loading position;
- and
- pickup and handling means (9, 11, 15) provided to place a container (12) over said bundle (4) so that said bundle (4) being disposed inside said container (12) having an opening and to pick up said bundle and container (4) in said loading position and move said bundle (4) into a covering position;
- said stacking device (3) comprising:
- at least one substantially horizontal, flat supporting wall (20), on which said bundle (4) being placed;
- a front retainer (31) and a rear retainer (32) engaging opposite faces of said bundle (4) to keep said mail items (7) in said bundle (4) substantially perpendicular to said flat supporting wall (20) while supported,
- wherein said pickup and handling means (9, 11, 15) comprise a turnover device (15) for turning the containers (12) over through substantially 180° , so the containers (12) housing respective bundles (4) are positioned with their respective openings upwards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.