Global Patent Index - EP 3556479 A1

EP 3556479 A1 20191023 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY POINT SORTING

Title (en)

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY POINT SORTING

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERTEILREIHENFOLGESORTIERUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRI DANS UN ORDRE DE POINT DE DISTRIBUTION

Publication

EP 3556479 A1 20191023 (EN)

Application

EP 18167747 A 20180417

Priority

EP 18167747 A 20180417

Abstract (en)

A delivery point sorting device with two feeders for receiving and forwarding mail in streams, where a diverging apparatus divert module is configured to process the mail from the two feeders and a merge module converges the streams of mail from the two feeders and distributes the mail to respective endpoints. Sorting endpoints are used for loading the mail received from this converging apparatus. A method where items of mail are sorted through sorting passes including a first, second, and third sorting pass. Sorting passes are; processing mail through two feeders by receiving the mail by the feeders and forwarding the mail articles in streams of mail, converging the streams of mail from the feeders to a conveyor apparatus, loading the mail at sorting endpoints by the conveyor apparatus, and sequentially passing the mail through the first, second, and third sorting pass.

IPC 8 full level

B07C 1/02 (2006.01); B07C 3/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B07C 1/02 (2013.01); B07C 3/02 (2013.01)

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

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3556479 A1 20191023; EP 3556479 B1 20240731

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 18167747 A 20180417