WO2006012888A2 - Printing and sorting device used to produce mail - Google Patents
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- WO2006012888A2 WO2006012888A2 PCT/DE2005/001376 DE2005001376W WO2006012888A2 WO 2006012888 A2 WO2006012888 A2 WO 2006012888A2 DE 2005001376 W DE2005001376 W DE 2005001376W WO 2006012888 A2 WO2006012888 A2 WO 2006012888A2
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- 238000012384 transportation and delivery Methods 0.000 claims description 88
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 claims description 44
- 238000011144 upstream manufacturing Methods 0.000 claims description 16
- 238000000926 separation method Methods 0.000 claims description 13
- 238000002372 labelling Methods 0.000 claims description 5
- 230000001174 ascending effect Effects 0.000 claims description 4
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 claims 1
- 238000013523 data management Methods 0.000 description 1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
- G07B2017/00475—Sorting mailpieces
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
- G07B2017/0058—Printing of code
Definitions
- the invention relates to a printing and sorting device for producing sorted bundles with at least
- Input device for entering and saving in any
- the invention relates to a corresponding method.
- Devices and methods of the type mentioned above are designed in the prior art to provide postal items with recipient addresses and weigh them if necessary and according to predetermined guidelines accordingly correctly franking their weight and dimensions.
- the known devices have the disadvantage that a data management in terms of optimizing a delivery process with the aim of reducing costs and increasing the delivery speed and optionally the delivery security is not possible.
- the object of the invention is therefore to provide a method and a device by means of which a delivery process in terms of a reduction of costs and an increase in the delivery speed and optionally the delivery security can be optimized.
- this object is achieved by a storage unit for storing substantially all actually existing recipient addresses within a predetermined territory, as well as a plurality of delivery cells assigned to a respective subset of the recipient addresses, each covering a limited geographical area of the territory and to those each one uniquely identifying code is assigned, as well as a processor unit for assigning a respective delivery cell to each of the input recipient addresses, and resorting the plurality each recipient address containing recipient addresses according to the preset recipient addresses in such a way that in a labeling process that for a respective Zustellzelle provided mailpieces uniformly markable and in the order according to their sequence along each located within a delivery cell St are successively sortable, and generating at least receiver addresses containing control command for controlling the printing and sorting device.
- Appropriate process features are provided for the method according to the invention.
- the apparatus is achieved by the combination of features of the characterizing part of claim 1, characterized in that the process of re-sorting the mailpieces to be sent in a mailing before the mail pieces to be carried out labeling process, the mail items provided for a respective delivery cell uniformly and in terms of an optimized distribution in predetermined sequence are sorted successively, so that for a predetermined geographical area certain items of mail are already arranged before sending and then sent in an orderly form.
- This has the advantage that a supplier of mail items already receives them in sorted form on site and thus the mail pieces are ready for distribution directly after arrival at a distribution point on site and not, as usual in the art, after arrival at a distribution point must first be sorted on site for distribution.
- a delivery cell is in the context of the invention, an area that is selected by scope and number of recipient addresses so that it can be operated within a predetermined period by a deliverer, ie a person who delivers the mail directly to the delivery addresses.
- control device is additionally designed to insert separation characters in the at least receiver addresses containing control command between the respective last recipient address of a respective upstream delivery cell and the respective first recipient address of the respective upstream delivery cell downstream delivery cell, said the separation marks are placed in the control command for controlling the printer device in order to successively sort the bundles of mail pieces of the delivery cells which are combined into bundles and form sub-sets of a total quantity of mailpieces in succession.
- the control device is additionally designed to additionally print on all mailpieces of a bundle with an identification code which contains at least one component which is assigned to a delivery cell.
- the processes of allocating delivery cells and resorting recipient addresses are preferably carried out iteratively.
- the recipient addresses of a delivery cell in ascending or descending number sequence are arranged according to the street numbers of a street and this information is included in the control command.
- the recipient addresses of a delivery cell are arranged according to the successive course of a plurality of streets and this information is included in the control command. Furthermore, in a process of resorting recipient addresses, the recipient addresses of a delivery cell may be ordered by districts of delivery locations, and this information may be included in the control command.
- the identification code attached to the control command can be printable, for example, as an alphanumeric number or as a barcode.
- Processor unit is additionally designed to perform a summation on the number of recipient addresses of a delivery cell, and this number is included in the control command.
- this number is included in the control command.
- Receiver addresses are counted as ' a predetermined
- Number corresponds to a delivery cell in subunits
- a further separation mark for the mutual delimitation of subunits of a delivery cell can be defined, for example, as a predetermined number of consecutively arranged separation characters for delineation of delivery cells (160) according to claim 1, or it can alternatively be described, for example, as one of the separation characters for the delineation of delivery cells according to claim 1 distinctive separate delimiter be defined.
- a separator may be selected as a character from the set of alphanumeric characters or as a character from the set of ASCII characters.
- an order of the delivery cells in the control command is defined by a predetermined order scheme stored in the storage unit.
- the inventive method is characterized in its preferred embodiments by corresponding process characteristics.
- the device according to the invention will be explained below with reference to a preferred embodiment, which is shown in the figures of the drawing. Show:
- Fig. 1 is a sketch-like representation of the generation of
- FIG. 2 shows a sketch of a control command for controlling the device according to the invention
- FIG. 3 shows an enlarged detail of the control command shown in FIG. 2
- 4 shows one with an address field for printing with a
- the inventive printing and sorting device for producing sorted bundles with at least recipient names and recipient addresses of printed mail items contains a control device with an input device for inputting and storing in any order a plurality of recipient addresses 140 containing a recipient name and a recipient address which is to deliver a total amount of mailpieces.
- a memory unit 130 is provided for storing substantially all actually existing recipient addresses 150 within a predetermined territory, as well as a plurality of delivery cells 160 associated with a respective subset of the recipient addresses 150, each covering a limited geographical area of the territory and each one of them uniquely identifying code is assigned, as well as a processor unit for Associating a respective delivery cell 160 with each of the input recipient addresses 140, and
- a bundle of mailpieces is a predefinable quantity of mailpieces which are combined to form a unit which can be easily grasped by hand or to an easily manageable package.
- the control device is additionally designed to insert separating characters 180 in the at least receiver addresses containing control command between the respective last recipient address of a respective upstream delivery cell 160 and the respective first recipient address of the respective upstream delivery cell 160 downstream delivery cell 160, wherein the separation characters in the control command 170 for control the printer device 120 are placed in order to successively sort the bundles of postal items of the delivery cells 160, which are combined into bundles and form part of a total quantity of postal items 130, in succession.
- the control device is also designed to additionally print on all mail pieces 130 of a bundle with an identification code 132 which contains at least one component which is assigned to a delivery cell 160.
- the recipient addresses of a delivery cell 160 are ordered in ascending or descending order corresponding to the street numbers, and this information is included in the control command 170.
- the recipient addresses of a delivery cell (160) are ordered according to the successive course of a plurality of streets, and this information is also included in the control command 170.
- the recipient addresses of a delivery cell 160 are ordered to localities of delivery locations, and this information is also included in the control command 170.
- the identification code attached to the control command is printed as a barcode 132 on each respective mail item 130.
- a recipient address 140 is printed in an address field 132 on each respective mailpiece 130.
- the processor unit is also configured to perform a summation on the number of receiver addresses of a delivery cell 160, and this number is also included in the control command 170.
- a delivery cell 160 is subdivided into subunits 190 (bundles), wherein the number of recipient addresses within a subunit 190 corresponds to a predetermined number and wherein between each last recipient address of an upstream subunit 190 and. a respective first identifier address of the respective upstream subunit 190 subordinate subunit 190, a further separator 180 is inserted.
- a further separating mark 180 for the mutual delimitation of subunits 190 of a delivery cell 160 is defined as a predetermined number of consecutively arranged separation marks 180 for delimiting delivery cells 160 (according to claim 1).
- the separator is chosen as a character from the set of ASCII characters.
- An order of the delivery cells 160 is set in the control command 170 by a predetermined order scheme stored in the storage unit.
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DE112005002527T DE112005002527A5 (en) | 2004-08-03 | 2005-08-03 | Printing and sorting device for producing mailpieces |
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DEPCT/DE2004/001731 | 2004-08-03 | ||
DEPCT/DE2004/001732 | 2004-08-03 | ||
PCT/DE2004/001731 WO2006012810A1 (en) | 2004-08-03 | 2004-08-03 | Device and method for carrying out a mail sorting process |
PCT/DE2004/001732 WO2006012811A1 (en) | 2004-08-03 | 2004-08-03 | Method and device for carrying out a mail sorting process |
DEPCT/DE2004/001741 | 2004-08-04 | ||
PCT/DE2004/001741 WO2006012812A1 (en) | 2004-08-04 | 2004-08-04 | Method for providing information concerning a sending of mail |
PCT/DE2004/001808 WO2006015561A2 (en) | 2004-08-13 | 2004-08-13 | Device and method for the adaptable management of a street index |
DEPCT/DE2004/001808 | 2004-08-13 |
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