EP 1587640 B1 20070418 - METHOD FOR SORTING FLAT POSTAL ITEMS ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION
Title (en)
METHOD FOR SORTING FLAT POSTAL ITEMS ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUM SORTIEREN VON FLACHEN SENDUNGEN NACH DER VERTEILREIHENFOLGE
Title (fr)
PROCEDE DE TRI D'ENVOIS PLATS SELON L'ORDRE DE DISTRIBUTION
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 2004000840 W 20040130
- DE 10303976 A 20030131
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2004153208A1] In a first sorting machine the mail items are sorted into groups of associated delivery points. The mail items are ten fed group by group to a second sorting machine for the last sort pass in which the mail items of eh group are sorted to the delivery points of the relevant group, the mail items of a delivery point being conveyed into one, or if the mail volume is too great, into a plurality of adjacent, automatically estimable end points. As soon as all de mail items are in the end point(s), they are automatically unloaded onto an idle sectional conveyor in such a way that the mail items of an end point are in one section When all the mail items of the group have been loaded into the sections of the sectional conveyor, the sectional conveyor transports the mail items to a distribution unit in which the mail items of each section are mechanically combined and collected in delivery sequence order.
IPC 8 full level
B07C 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B07C 3/02 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2004153208 A1 20040805; CN 1832814 A 20060913; CN 1832814 B 20101103; DE 10303976 A1 20040819; DE 502004003536 D1 20070531; EP 1587640 A1 20051026; EP 1587640 B1 20070418; JP 2006515229 A 20060525; WO 2004067193 A1 20040812
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 61301303 A 20030707; CN 200480003084 A 20040130; DE 10303976 A 20030131; DE 502004003536 T 20040130; EP 04706624 A 20040130; EP 2004000840 W 20040130; JP 2005518655 A 20040130