......DE......GB..................................R0661105EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319970604EP94120823.319941228enenen334940/9319931228JP19970604199723199507051995276 6B 07C 3/00 AdeVorrichtung zur Sequenzierung von blattförmigen oder ähnlichen Materialien entsprechend der AusteilstreckenfolgeenApparatus for sequencing sheets or the like in carrier route orderfrDispositif de mise en séquence de feuilles ou analogues selon un ordre de trajet de distribution1HITACHI, LTD.0020414181-48.850EP-lei6, Kanda Surugadai 4-chomeChiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101JPHamada, Yasunori9-22, TatsutamachiTsuchiura-shiJPYamashita, TaichiroDaia Paresu 1204, 1-13, Fujisaki-1-chomeTsuchiura-shiJPYoshida, Kazushi3-10-104, Inayoshiminami-2-chome, ChiyodamachiNiihari-gun, Ibaraki-kenJPOsaka, Tadashi, Niihariryo15-29, Inayoshi-3-chome, ChiyodamachiNiihari-gun, Ibaraki-kenJPTamamoto, Junichi, Niihariryo15-29, Inayoshi-3-chome, ChiyodamachiNiihari-gun, Ibaraki-kenJPPatentanwälte Beetz - Timpe - Siegfried Schmitt-Fumian - Mayr00100712Steinsdorfstrasse 1080538 MünchenDEDEGB19970604199723

The apparatus according to the invention comprises an indication sheet interposing device (131) for interposing indication sheets (2) substituting for the second-class sheets or the like at the associated points between the first-class sheets or the like which have been sorted and sequenced in accordance with a delivery point information.

Further, the indication sheet interposing device (131) includes an indication sheet container (132) for stacking the indication sheets, an indication sheet singulation device (133) for singulating the indication sheets in the indication sheet container, an indication sheet conveyer (134) for conveying the indication sheets, and an indication sheet printing device (141) for printing on the indication sheets.