Global Patent Index - EP 2516297 A4

EP 2516297 A4 20171108 - A SORTING CHUTE, METHOD FOR PROCESSING ONE OR MORE MAIL ITEMS AND A MULTI-STOREY SYSTEM

Title (en)

A SORTING CHUTE, METHOD FOR PROCESSING ONE OR MORE MAIL ITEMS AND A MULTI-STOREY SYSTEM

Title (de)

SORTIERSCHACHT, VERFAHREN ZUR VERARBEITUNG VON EINEM ODER MEHREREN POSTSTÜCKEN UND MEHRSTÖCKIGES SYSTEM

Title (fr)

GOULOTTE DE TRI, PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT DE TRAITER UN OU PLUSIEURS ARTICLES DE COURRIER ET SYSTÈME À ÉTAGES MULTIPLES

Publication

EP 2516297 A4 20171108 (EN)

Application

EP 10838737 A 20101119

Priority

  • FI 20096393 A 20091223
  • FI 2010050941 W 20101119

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2011076987A1] The invention relates to a sorting chute (2, 3) for conveying one or more mail items from previous stage such as from a sorting machine (4, 5) to a next stage such as to a next sorting chute (2, 3) or to a sorting destination such that the sorting chute (2, 3) comprises at least one deflecting surface (8, 9, 10, 11) which slows down the velocity of a mail item sliding along the sorting chute (2, 3). The invention relates also to a method for processing one or more mail items, such as packages, letters and bundles of newspapers or magazines, from a supply source and to a multi-storey system (1) for sorting one or more mail items. The method comprises arranging one or more deflecting surfaces (8, 9, 10, 11) to the sorting chute (2, 3) and the system comprises a fist and a second sorting chute (2, 3) comprising one or more deflecting surfaces (8, 9, 10, 11).

IPC 8 full level

B65G 11/20 (2006.01); B07C 1/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP FI)

B07C 1/02 (2013.01 - FI); B07C 3/00 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 11/203 (2013.01 - FI); B65G 11/203 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

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

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2011076987 A1 20110630; EP 2516297 A1 20121031; EP 2516297 A4 20171108; FI 124801 B 20150130; FI 20096393 A0 20091223; FI 20096393 A 20100122

DOCDB simple family (application)

FI 2010050941 W 20101119; EP 10838737 A 20101119; FI 20096393 A 20091223