EP 1419018 A1 20040519 - DEVICE FOR SEPARATING POSTAL ITEMS ACCORDING TO THICKNESS CLASSES
Title (en)
DEVICE FOR SEPARATING POSTAL ITEMS ACCORDING TO THICKNESS CLASSES
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG ZUM TRENNEN VON SENDUNGEN IN DICKENKLASSEN
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF POUR TRIER DES ENVOIS PAR CATEGORIES D'EPAISSEURS
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 0202850 W 20020802
- DE 10141375 A 20010823
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO03018215A1] The invention relates to a device for separating flat postal items according to thickness classes. A rigid system of overlapping lamellae (5) on two continuous traction mechanisms (3) revolving on two deflection rollers (4) provides a lamella-type conveyor belt. The lamellae (5), in the end zones of the belt, are inclined outward at the same angle, thereby forming inward-leading gaps in between them. The lamella-type conveyor belt is inclined with respect to the horizontal to such an extent that postal items (10) that are conveyed to the lower part of the belt transporting the postal items upwards can slide, due to their gravity, into the interior of the lamella-type conveyor belt through the downward leading gaps if they are thinner than the gap width. The sorted out postal items (11) slide onto a transport device (7) by means of rigid guides (6) in the interior of the lamella-type conveyor belt. Said transport device transports the postal items laterally outward from the lamella-type conveyor belt. At least one additional similar lamella-type conveyor belt is disposed at a slight distance behind the first conveyor belt, inclined at the same angle with respect to the horizontal.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
CPC (source: EP US)
B07B 1/10 (2013.01 - EP US); B07C 1/16 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 209/90 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 03018215A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 03018215 A1 20030306; DE 10141375 C1 20030313; EP 1419018 A1 20040519; US 7111742 B1 20060926
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 0202850 W 20020802; DE 10141375 A 20010823; EP 02754487 A 20020802; US 48750704 A 20040220