Global Patent Index - EP 2139619 B2

EP 2139619 B2 20150826 - METHOD FOR SORTING POSTAL ITEMS IN FLIP/FLOP MODE

Title (en)

METHOD FOR SORTING POSTAL ITEMS IN FLIP/FLOP MODE

Title (de)

POSTSORTIERVERFAHREN IM FLIP-FLOP-MODUS

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE TRI D'ENVOIS EN MODE FLIP/FLOP

Publication

EP 2139619 B2 20150826 (FR)

Application

EP 08762017 A 20080131

Priority

  • FR 2008050157 W 20080131
  • FR 0753893 A 20070316

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2008113923A2] The invention relates to a method for sorting postal items in order to prepare the postman rounds on a postal item sorting machine having an inlet and a set of sorting outlets, that comprises the following steps: consecutively loading at the inlet of the machine a first batch of postal items (L1) and a second batch of postal items (L2), and directing the postal items of the first batch towards a first sub-assembly (3A) of sorting outlets and the postal items of the second batch towards a second sub-assembly (3B) of sorting outlets; while the postal items of the second batch are directed towards the second sub-assembly of sorting outlets, reloading (SW) the inlet of the machine with the postal items collected in the first assembly of sorting outlets, and while the postal items of the first batch are directed towards the first sub-assembly of sorting outlets, reloading (SW) the inlet of the machine with the postal items collected in the second assembly of sorting outlets.

IPC 8 full level

B07C 3/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B07C 3/06 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 209/90 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (opposition)

Opponent :

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2913614 A1 20080919; FR 2913614 B1 20090410; AT E473057 T1 20100715; CA 2681036 A1 20080925; CA 2681036 C 20140812; CN 101641163 A 20100203; CN 101641163 B 20130213; DE 602008001724 D1 20100819; EP 2139619 A2 20100106; EP 2139619 B1 20100707; EP 2139619 B2 20150826; ES 2347901 T3 20101122; ES 2347901 T5 20151102; PT 2139619 E 20100923; US 2009101548 A1 20090423; US 7985939 B2 20110726; WO 2008113923 A2 20080925; WO 2008113923 A3 20081113

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 0753893 A 20070316; AT 08762017 T 20080131; CA 2681036 A 20080131; CN 200880008393 A 20080131; DE 602008001724 T 20080131; EP 08762017 A 20080131; ES 08762017 T 20080131; FR 2008050157 W 20080131; PT 08762017 T 20080131; US 9015508 A 20080131