EP 1765525 A1 20070328 - SORTING DEVICE FOR FLAT MAIL ITEMS
Title (en)
SORTING DEVICE FOR FLAT MAIL ITEMS
Title (de)
SORTIEREINRICHTUNG FÜR FLACHE SENDUNGEN
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF DE TRI D'ENVOIS PLATS
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 2005005713 W 20050527
- DE 102004033564 A 20040709
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2006005394A1] The invention relates to a sorting device comprising at least one mail-item buffer zone (1) for storing said items. The zone consists of several mail-item storage pockets (15), arranged one behind the other and displaced continuously in a transport loop past one or more loading stations (7). Fixed intermediate storage containers (16) that are open at the top are located below rectilinear transfer sections (9) of the transport loop in order to hold one or more mail items from the filled storage pockets (15) that are guided into the transfer sections (9) to be opened. Mail-item containers (17), which also circulate continuously and are open at the top, are displaced on a transport track (11) below the intermediate storage containers (16), forming terminal sorting stations that are assigned to the destination addresses or destination address groups. The mail items are discharged down into the mail-item containers (17) horizontally, according to their read destination addresses, by the controlled opening of the respective intermediate storage container (16) when the mail-item container (17) assigned to the address is in a corresponding position below the intermediate storage container (16) that contains mail items for said container (17).
IPC 8 full level
B07C 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B07C 3/082 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 209/90 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2006005394A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2006005394 A1 20060119; CN 1984726 A 20070620; CN 1984726 B 20100929; DE 102004033564 B3 20060302; DE 502005004957 D1 20080918; EP 1765525 A1 20070328; EP 1765525 B1 20080806; JP 2007534478 A 20071129; US 2007090027 A1 20070426; US 2009211953 A1 20090827; US 7683284 B2 20100323; US 7683285 B2 20100323
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 2005005713 W 20050527; CN 200580023239 A 20050527; DE 102004033564 A 20040709; DE 502005004957 T 20050527; EP 05746545 A 20050527; JP 2007509997 A 20050527; US 43796309 A 20090508; US 54792405 A 20050527