Global Patent Index - EP 1178862 B1

EP 1178862 B1 20051109 - DOCK-TO-DOCK RECEIVING AND DISPENSING FOR POSTAL PROCESSING CENTER

Title (en)

DOCK-TO-DOCK RECEIVING AND DISPENSING FOR POSTAL PROCESSING CENTER

Title (de)

DOCK-TO-DOCK EINNAHME UND AUSGABE FÜR POST-BEHANDLUNGSSTELLE

Title (fr)

RECEPTION ET REPARTITION QUAI A QUAI POUR CENTRE DE TRAITEMENT DU COURRIER

Publication

EP 1178862 B1 20051109 (EN)

Application

EP 00931195 A 20000510

Priority

  • EP 0004283 W 20000510
  • US 13341399 P 19990511

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0067922A1] The invention relates to a postal processing facility including a sorting system that receives mail in trays and sorts mail to trays and a dock area including a plurality of transportation docks that provide interface with transportation vehicles, comprising: a receiving and dispatching system that loads trays of sorted mail from a sorting system to transportation fixtures and unloads trays of mail to be sorted from transportation fixtures to the sorting system; and wherein said receiving and dispatching system is at the dock area of the postal processing facility thereby providing substantially direct movement of fixtures between transportation vehicles and said receiving and dispatching system.

IPC 1-7

B07C 3/00

IPC 8 full level

B07C 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B07C 3/008 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0067922 A1 20001116; AT E309056 T1 20051115; AU 4921000 A 20001121; AU 769213 B2 20040122; BR 0010466 A 20020213; CA 2388552 A1 20001116; DE 60023877 D1 20051215; DE 60023877 T2 20060524; DK 1178862 T3 20060116; EP 1178862 A1 20020213; EP 1178862 B1 20051109; ES 2248076 T3 20060316; JP 2002543968 A 20021224; MX PA01011462 A 20020730

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 0004283 W 20000510; AT 00931195 T 20000510; AU 4921000 A 20000510; BR 0010466 A 20000510; CA 2388552 A 20000510; DE 60023877 T 20000510; DK 00931195 T 20000510; EP 00931195 A 20000510; ES 00931195 T 20000510; JP 2000616939 A 20000510; MX PA01011462 A 20000510