JP2000070869A - Joint sealing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To reduce the delivery cost when each of a plurality of shipping sources sends the same to the same destination. SOLUTION: The sealing device 10 includes a plurality of supply units 1.
1A to 11F, based on the shipping destination information of each of the shipments, the shipments 1 supplied from the supply units 11A to 11F are transferred to the transport unit 12 such that the shipments 1 are collected at the same destination. The control unit 13 for supplying and the transport unit 12
And a sealing section 14 for sealing the shipments 1 grouped for the same shipping destination by the transport section 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an enclosing apparatus for enclosing items to be sent to the same destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, shipment items such as magazines, bills, and direct mails sent by a plurality of shipping sources (company A, company B, etc.) are individually sent from their respective shipping destinations (from company A, company B, etc.). (Suzuki family, etc.) by mail or courier (FIG. 3A) (prior art 1).

Conventionally, a plurality of magazines (A1, A2, etc.) and the like sent by the same sender (Company A) are individually sent from the sender to each of the destinations (Section A). (Suzuki family, etc.) by mail or courier (FIG. 3B) (prior art 2). This can be the case when each shipment is produced at each of a plurality of factories with the same origin, when each shipment is sent individually from each factory, or when each shipment is produced at the same factory with the same origin. Also occurs when each shipment is put on a different shipping system.

[0004]

However, the prior art has the following problems. In the prior art 1, the shipments from each of a plurality of shipping sources are individually sent to the same shipping destination for each of the shipping sources, and different mails and courier services are used at each of the shipping sources. Delivery costs for shipping to all shipping sources are enormous.

In the prior art 2, a plurality of shipments from the same sender are individually sent to the same destination for each shipment, and different mails and courier services are used for each shipment. And the delivery cost incurred at the sender becomes enormous.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method for sending items from a plurality of sources to the same destination.
It is to reduce the delivery cost.

Another object of the present invention is to reduce the delivery cost when sending a plurality of items from the same source to the same destination.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided the present invention comprising:
A sealing device for enclosing shipments having the same shipping destination across all shipping sources, provided for each of a plurality of shipping sources, and a plurality of supply units for sequentially supplying the shipping products from each of the shipping sources. A transport unit that supplies and transports the shipment from each of the plurality of supply units, and a shipment supplied from each supply unit based on the destination information of each shipment supplied from each of the plurality of supply units. A control unit that supplies the shipments to the transport unit so as to be grouped for each same destination; and a sealing unit that is provided at the discharge end of the transport unit and seals the shipment items grouped for the same destination by the transport unit. And a part.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sealing device for sealing a plurality of items to be sent from the same sender to the same destination, provided for each of the plurality of items. A supply unit that sequentially supplies the shipment, a transport unit that supplies and transports the shipment from each of the plurality of supply units, and a shipping destination information of each shipment supplied from each of the plurality of supply units,
A control unit that supplies the shipments to the transport unit so that the shipments supplied from the respective supply units are grouped at the same destination, and a control unit that is provided at the discharge end of the transport unit and collects the same for each same destination in the transport unit. And a sealing portion for sealing the dispatched product.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the delivery destination information of the shipment is number information attached to the shipment, and each supply unit is Each shipment can be supplied in the order of the number information.

The present invention described in claim 4 is the first to third aspects of the present invention.
In the present invention according to any of the above, further, at the discharge end of the transport section, a single discharge section for a single shipment without other shipments having the same destination is adjacent to the sealing section. It is arranged so as to be arranged.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the following operations are provided. By combining all the shipments (magazines, bills, direct mails, etc.) from each of multiple shipping sources (Company A, Company B, etc.) to the same destination, enclose and ship them,
Since the mail or courier service used at all the shipping sources is aggregated, the delivery cost generated at all the shipping sources can be reduced (FIG. 2A).

According to the present invention, the following effects are obtained. By packing together and sending out various kinds of magazines (A1, A2, etc.) sent from the same sender (Company A) to the same destination, they are sent to the respective senders. The postal or courier service used for the dispatched goods is aggregated, and the delivery cost generated at the sender can be reduced (FIG. 2B).

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the following operations are provided. Each supply unit supplies each shipment in the order of the number of the destination, so that all the supply units sort the items in the order of the youngest (the order of the youngest number) or the oldest number (the order of the oldest number) of the destination. To supply. Therefore, the order of supply of the goods supplied from each supply unit to each destination is the same order of the youngest or oldest, and the goods of the same destination can all be supplied from each supply unit at the same timing. Thus, the goods supplied from each supply unit can always be combined into one for the same destination.

According to the present invention, there is provided the following operation. Of the shipments sent from each supply unit, single shipments that are not accompanied by other shipments to the same destination are shipped as supplied from the supply unit without being packed in the sealing section. It is discharged to the single discharge section as it is and transported.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a sealing device, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a shipment process of a shipment according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG.

(First Embodiment) (FIGS. 1 and 2 (A)) The sealing device 10 is installed in a distribution center or the like for a plurality of shipping sources (A company, B company, etc.), Of the shipments 1 such as magazines, invoices, and direct mails sent by each of the originals, the shipment 1 with the same destination (Suzuki family, etc.) is enclosed by all the senders. To form.

As shown in FIG. 1, the sealing device 10 includes a plurality of supply units 11 (11A to 11F), a transport unit 12, and a control unit 1.
3. A supply unit 11A is provided for each of the A station to the H station provided along the transport path of the endless orbiting transport conveyor 16 which has the sealing unit 14 and the single discharge unit 15 and constitutes the transport unit 12. 11F, a sealing portion 14, and a single discharging portion 15 are arranged.

The supply units 11A to 11F are provided for each of a plurality of shipping sources (company A to company F).
Are sequentially supplied to the transport conveyor 16 of the transport unit 12 via the supply path. At this time, the dispatched product 1 has number information such as a telephone number and a personal number unique to each destination as the destination information by printing a bar code, a numeral, or the like. Are sorted in order of their number information in ascending order (lower-numbered ones are layered lower) or older-numbered order (older numbers are layered lower), and are stacked. Supply unit 11A
To 11F. And the supply unit 11
A to 11F are supplied to the transport conveyor 16 in order from the lowest order of the stack 1A of the shipment 1, in other words, the order of the number information described above. In addition, the supply units 11A to 1A
A number reader 21 such as a bar code reader is provided in a supply path to the transport conveyor 16 on the first floor so that the number information attached to the shipment 1 can be read.

The transport section 12 is composed of the transport conveyor 16 as described above. The transport section 1 is provided with the transported article 1 supplied from each of the plurality of supply sections 11A to 11F in each section in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor 16. To be transported, and these shipments 1 can be discharged to the sealing section 14 or the single discharge section 15. The conveyor 16 is driven continuously or intermittently by a motor (not shown).

The control unit 13 includes a plurality of supply units 11A to 11
F based on the number information, which is the shipping destination information of each of the shipping products 1 supplied from each of the shipping units F, so that the shipping products 1 supplied from the supply units 11A to 11F are conveyed so as to be grouped at the same shipping destination. It is supplied to the conveyor 16 of the section 12. At this time, the control unit 13 controls the supply units 11A to 11F.
The number information of each of the articles 1 constituting the stacked body 1A of the articles 1 loaded into the sorting machine is sent from a higher-level computer that knows the sorting information of the sorting apparatus.
6 is also inputted, and from these information, the number information of the shipment 1 waiting or positioned at the position of the supply end 22 of each of the supply units 11A to 11F is grasped, and each shipment receipt unit of the transport conveyor 16 is grasped. The number information and the current position of the shipment 1 received in each of the items are grasped. Thereby, the control unit 13 controls the supply units 11A to 11F.
From the supply end 22 of each of the supply units 11A to 11F in which the shipment 1 corresponding to the number is on standby or positioned based on the number information of the shipment 1 which is the order to be supplied this time.
The dispatched articles 1 are supplied to the same dispatched article receiving section of the transport conveyor 16 in order from the upstream side to the downstream side of the supply sections 11A to 11F so as to form a stacked body 1B.

The enclosing section 14 is provided at the discharge end of the transport section 12, and as described above, the stacked bodies 1 B of the same numbered shipments 1, which are grouped for the same shipping destination by the conveyor 16 of the transport section 12, as described above. The laminate 1B of the same destination is taken out from the conveyor 16 and wrapped with the packaging film 23 and sealed to obtain the sealed body 2.

The single discharge section 15 is disposed at the discharge end of the transport section 12 and adjacent to the sealing section 14, and transports the single shipment 1C without the other shipment 1 having the same destination to the conveyance conveyor 16. , And the single shipments 1C can be integrated with each other.

Accordingly, the sealing device 10 operates as follows (FIG. 2A). (1) Each of the stacks 1A of the shipment 1 created by a plurality of senders (company A to company F) is carried into each of the supply units 11A to 11F. The stacked body 1A is obtained by being sorted and stacked by the sorting device in the order of the number information, which is the shipping destination information attached to each shipping item 1, in each shipping source or this delivery center. It should be noted that the number information of each shipment 1 constituting the laminated body 1A is input to the control unit 13 from a host computer that knows the sorting information of the sorting device.

(2) The control unit 13 includes the supply units 11A to 11F
From the lowest shipment 1 of the stacked body 1A, the number information attached to the shipment 1 is read by the number reader 21 and checked with the above-mentioned input information from the host computer. 1 is placed on standby or positioned at the supply end 22 of each of the supply units 11A to 11F.

(3) The control unit 13 includes the supply units 11A to 11F
, Based on the number information indicating the same destination of the shipment 1 in the order of the youngest number (or the oldest number) to be supplied this time.
From the supply end 22 of each of the supply units 11A to 11F where the shipment 1 corresponding to the number is on standby or positioned, the shipment 1 is transported from the upstream side to the downstream side of the supply units 11A to 11F in order. The feed 1 is supplied so as to be sequentially stacked on the same delivery receiving portion of the conveyor 16, and a stack 1 B of the delivery 1 having the same destination is formed on the receiving portion of the transport conveyor 16.

In the above (3), the shipment 1 provided with the same number information indicating the same destination is supplied to the supply units 11A to 11A.
1F, or some of the supply units 11A to 11F, such as two supply units 11A and 11C, or three supply units 11B, 11D, and 11E. is there. Further, two or more shipments 1 with the same number information indicating the same shipping destination may be continuously present in one supply unit 11 (for example, 11A) among the supply units 11A to 11F.

Accordingly, for example, when there is a shipment 1 having the same number information indicating the same destination at the supply end 22 of the supply units 11A to 11F, the same receiving unit of the transport conveyor 16 reaches the front of the supply units 11A to 11F. Each time the supply unit 11
Shipments 1 supplied from each of A to 11F are sequentially laminated on the same receiving portion to form a laminate 1B. In addition, the supply unit 11A and the supply unit 11 among the supply units 11A to 11F.
When the same shipment 1 exists in C, the supply unit 11
B, 11D to 11F stop supplying, and each time the same receiving section of the conveyor 16 reaches the front of the feeding sections 11A and 11C, the shipment 1 supplied from each of the feeding sections 11A and 11C is placed in the same receiving section. Are sequentially laminated to form a laminate 1B. The supply unit 11 of the supply units 11A to 11F
When the same shipment 1 exists in the supply unit 11B, the supply unit 11D, and the supply unit 11E, the supply units 11A, 11C, and 11F stop supplying, and the same receiving unit of the transport conveyor 16 becomes
Each time it reaches the front of B, 11D, 11E, the supply unit 11
Shipment 1 supplied from each of B, 11D and 11E
Are sequentially laminated on the same receiving portion to form a laminate 1B.
In addition, the supply unit 11A of the supply units 11A to 11F has 2
When there is one shipment 1 with the same number information indicating the same destination in the supply unit 11F, the supply unit 1
1B to 11E are stopped from being supplied, and each time the same receiving section of the conveyor 16 reaches the front of the supply sections 11A and 11F, two outgoing goods 1 continuously supplied from the supply section 11A and the supply section 11F. One supplied shipment 1 is sequentially stacked on the same receiving portion to form a stacked body 1B.

(4) The stacked body 1B of the goods 1 to be sent to the same destination is taken out from the discharge end of the transport section 12 to the sealing section 14, and the stacked body 1B is wrapped with the wrapping film 23 to form the sealed article 2 And

(5) The single delivery 1C without the other delivery 1 having the same delivery destination is taken out to the single discharge unit 15.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the following operations are provided. By combining and sending out all items 1 such as magazines, bills, direct mail, etc., sent from each of multiple shipping sources (company A, company B, etc.) to the same destination, The mail or courier service used at the shipping source is aggregated, and the delivery cost generated at all the shipping sources can be reduced (FIG. 2A).

Each of the supply units 11A to 11F supplies each shipment item 1 in the order of the number of the destination, so that all the supply units 11A to 11F are supplied.
Each of the 11th to 11th floors is in the order of the lowest number of the shipping destination (lowest number)
Alternatively, the shipment items 1 are supplied in the order of the oldest number (the oldest number). Therefore, the order of supply of the shipment 1 supplied from each of the supply units 11A to 11F for each destination is the same order of the youngest or oldest, and the shipment 1 of the same destination is supplied from each of the supply units 11A to 11F. All of them can be supplied at the same timing, and the shipment 1 supplied from each of the supply units 11A to 11F can be always combined into one for each same destination.

Of the shipments 1 sent from the supply units 11A to 11F, the single shipment 1C without the other shipment 1 having the same delivery destination is not packaged by the sealing unit 14 or the like. Are discharged to the single discharge unit 15 and transported in the state of being supplied from the supply units 11A to 11F.

(Second Embodiment) (FIGS. 1 and 2 (B)) The sealing device 30 includes a plurality of items to be sent from the same sender (Company A) to the same destination (Suzuki family, etc.). 1 is sealed to form a sealed object 2.

The sealing device 30 has the same structure as the sealing device 10 of the first embodiment, and includes a plurality of supply units 11 (11A to 11F), a transport unit 12, a control unit 13, and a sealing unit. Unit 14 and a single discharge unit 15, and supply units 11 A to 11 F are sequentially provided at stations A to H provided along a transport path of an endless orbiting transport conveyor 16 constituting the transport unit 12. A sealing section 14 and a single discharge section 15 are arranged.

The supply units 11A to 11F are provided for a plurality of outgoing items (A1, A2, etc.), and sequentially supply each outgoing item to the transport conveyor 16 of the transport unit 12 via a supply path. At this time, the shipment 1 is, as in the first embodiment,
Number information such as telephone numbers and personal numbers unique to each shipping destination as shipping destination information is attached by printing bar codes, numbers, etc., and these are sorted by the sorting device provided at each shipping source or this distribution center etc. Are sorted in ascending order of number information (lower-numbered ones are stacked lower) or oldest-numbered (lower-numbered ones are stacked lower), and are assigned to each of the supply units 11A to 11F. It is carried in.
Then, the supply units 11A to 11F serve as the laminate 1
A is supplied to the conveyor 16 in order from the lowest order, in other words, in the order of the number of the above-mentioned number information.
A number reader 21 such as a bar code reader is provided in a supply path of the supply units 11A to 11F to the transport conveyor 16 so that the number information attached to the shipment 1 can be read.

The transport unit 12 is the transport unit 12 of the first embodiment.
The delivery item 1 is supplied and transported from each of the plurality of supply units 11A to 11F.

The control unit 13 includes the control unit 13 of the first embodiment.
Is configured in the same manner as described above, and based on the shipping destination information of each shipment 1 supplied from each of the plurality of supply units 11A to 11F, in this embodiment, the shipment 1 supplied from each of the supply units 11A to 11F based on the number information. Are supplied to the transporting unit 12 so that they are grouped at the same destination.

The sealing portion 14 is the sealing portion 14 of the first embodiment.
, And is provided at the discharge end of the transport unit 12, and the stacked unit 1 </ b> B of the shipments 1 grouped for the same shipping destination by the transport unit 12 is sealed to form a sealed object 2.

The single discharge section 15 is configured in the same manner as the single discharge section 15 of the first embodiment, and is capable of taking out, from the transport section 12, a single shipment 1C without another shipment 1 having the same destination. I do.

Accordingly, the sealing device 30 operates as follows (FIG. 2B). (1) Each of the stacks 1A of the shipment 1 created by the same sender (company A) is carried into each of the supply units 11A to 11F. The stacked body 1A is sorted and stacked by the sorting device in the order of the number information, which is the shipping destination information attached to each shipment 1 in the shipping center or the delivery center. It should be noted that the number information of each shipment 1 constituting the laminated body 1A is input to the control unit 13 from a host computer that knows the sorting information of the sorting device.

(2) The control unit 13 includes the supply units 11A to 11F
From the lowest shipment 1 of the stacked body 1A, the number information attached to the shipment 1 is read by the number reader 21 and checked with the above-mentioned input information from the host computer. 1 is placed on standby or positioned at the supply end 22 of each of the supply units 11A to 11F.

(3) The control unit 13 includes the supply units 11A to 11F
, Based on the number information indicating the same destination of the shipment 1 in the order of the youngest number (or the oldest number) to be supplied this time.
From the supply end 22 of each of the supply units 11A to 11F in which the shipment 1 corresponding to the number is on standby, the shipment 1 is transferred from the more upstream side to the more downstream side of the supply units 11A to 11F,
The feeding is performed so as to be sequentially stacked on the same delivery receiving portion of the transport conveyor 16, and a stacked body 1 </ b> B of the delivery 1 having the same destination is formed on the receiving portion of the transport conveyor 16.

(4) The stacked body 1B of the goods 1 to be sent to the same destination is taken out from the discharge end of the transport section 12 to the sealing section 14, and the stacked body 1B is wrapped with the wrapping film 23 to form the sealed article 2 And

(5) The single delivery 1C without the other delivery 1 having the same delivery destination is taken out to the single discharge unit 15.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the following operations are provided. By packing together and sending out various kinds of magazines (A1, A2, etc.) sent from the same sender (Company A) to the same destination, they are sent to the respective senders. The mail or home delivery used for the shipment 1 is aggregated, and the delivery cost generated at the sender can be reduced (FIG. 2B).

Each of the supply units 11A to 11F supplies each of the shipment items 1 in the order of the number of the destination, so that all the supply units 11A
Each of the 11th to 11th floors is in the order of the lowest number of the shipping destination (lowest number)
Alternatively, the shipment items 1 are supplied in the order of the oldest number (the oldest number). Therefore, the order of supply of the shipment 1 supplied from each of the supply units 11A to 11F for each destination is the same order of the youngest or oldest, and the shipment 1 of the same destination is supplied from each of the supply units 11A to 11F. All of them can be supplied at the same timing, and the shipment 1 supplied from each of the supply units 11A to 11F can be always combined into one for each same destination.

Of the shipments 1 sent from the supply units 11A to 11F, the single shipment 1C without the other shipment 1 having the same delivery destination is not packaged by the sealing unit 14 or the like. Are discharged to the single discharge unit 15 and transported in the state of being supplied from the supply units 11A to 11F.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the same destination is an individual, a house, a company, etc. specified by destination information such as the same number information. First Embodiment and Second Embodiment
In the embodiment, the Suzuki family is used as an example of the same shipping destination. However, whether the shipment is to the Suzuki family or an individual belonging to the Suzuki family, the shipment related to the Suzuki family (or all of the same company) Same for all of the shipments related to departments, employees, etc.)
Or, it means that substantially the same shipping destination information is added. Therefore, different shipping destination information (number information such as personal numbers) for Suzuki Haruo and Suzuki Natsuko in the Suzuki family (or in different departments and different employees in the same company).
Is assigned, Haruo Suzuki and Natsuko Suzuki (or to different departments within the same company, to different employees, etc.) are treated as different destinations.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the design may be changed without departing from the scope of the present invention. The present invention is also included in the present invention.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, the delivery cost can be reduced when each of a plurality of senders sends the same shipment to the same destination.

Further, according to the present invention, the delivery cost can be reduced when a plurality of items are sent from the same source to the same destination.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of a sealing device.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a shipping step of a shipment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a dispatching process of a dispatched product according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shipment 1C Single shipment 2 Sealed matter 10, 30 Sealing device 11, 11A-11F Supply part 12 Transport part 13 Control part 14 Sealing part 15 Single discharge part

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] November 12, 1998 (1998.11.
12)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Figure 3

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

FIG. 3

Claims (4)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A sealing device for enclosing shipments having the same destination among all the shipments sent by each of a plurality of origins, wherein the enclosing apparatus includes: A plurality of supply units that are provided and sequentially supply shipments from the respective shipping sources; a conveyance unit that supplies and conveys the shipments from each of the plurality of supply units; and a supply unit that is supplied from each of the plurality of supply units. A control unit that supplies the delivery items to the transport unit based on the delivery destination information of the delivery items so that the delivery items supplied from each supply unit are grouped for each same destination; and a control unit that is provided at a discharge end of the transport unit. A sealing device having a sealing unit for sealing the shipments grouped for the same shipping destination by the transport unit. 2. A sealing device for sealing a plurality of shipments sent by the same sender to the same destination, a supply unit provided for each of the plurality of shipments and sequentially supplying the respective shipments. A transport unit that supplies and transports the shipment from each of the plurality of supply units; and a shipment that is supplied from each supply unit based on destination information of each shipment that is supplied from each of the plurality of supply units. And a control unit that supplies the shipments to the transport unit so as to be grouped for each same destination, and a control unit that is provided at the discharge end of the transport unit and encloses the shipments grouped for the same destination by the transport unit. A sealing device having a sealing portion. 3. The delivery destination information of the shipment is number information attached to the shipment, and each supply unit can supply each shipment in the order of the number information. The sealing device as described. 4. A single discharge section for a single shipment without other shipments having the same delivery destination is arranged adjacent to the sealing section at a discharge end of the transport section. Items 1-3
The sealing device according to any one of the above.