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(11) EP 0 864 375 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/38

(21) Application number: 98830088.5

(22) Date of filing: 23.02.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B07C 1/00, G07B 17/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 28.02.1997 IT FI970040

(71) Applicants:
  • Biagini, Paolo
    50014 Fiesole (Firenze) (IT)
  • Galassi, Alessandro
    50121 Firenze (IT)
  • Nicoletti, Osvaldo
    50129 Firenze (IT)
  • Speranzi, Alfredo
    50014 Fiesole (Firenze) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Biagini, Paolo
    50014 Fiesole, Firenze (IT)
  • Galassi, Alessandro
    50121 Firenze (IT)
  • Nicoletti, Osvaldo
    50129 Firenze (IT)

(74) Representative: Martini, Lazzaro et al
Studio Brevetti Ing. Dr. Lazzaro Martini s.r.l. Via dei Rustici 5
50122 Firenze
50122 Firenze (IT)

   


(54) Automatic mailbox


(57) Mail-box including means for collecting or accumulating the mail, characterized in that it includes means for moving said mail from an inlet section to said collecting or accumulating means and means for postmarking and printing a sorting code onto the mail inserted through said inlet section, the mail-box also comprising means for moving the mail, between said inlet section and said postmarking and code printing means, and processing means for automatically driving said mail moving means and said postmarking and code printing means according to data coming from an external interface and according to enabling signals coming from sensors connected with the above mentioned means.






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