(19)
(11) EP 0 955 102 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/45

(21) Application number: 99115049.1

(22) Date of filing: 28.12.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B07C 3/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 28.12.1993 JP 33494093

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
94120823.3 / 0661105

(71) Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hamada, Yasunori
    Tsuchiura-shi (JP)
  • Yamashita, Taichiro
    Tsuchiura-shi (JP)
  • Yoshida, Kazushi
    Niihari-gun, Ibaraki-ken (JP)
  • Osaka, Tadashi
    Niihari-gun, Ibaraki-ken (JP)
  • Tamamoto, Junichi
    Niihari-gun, Ibaraki-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Beetz & Partner Patentanwälte 
Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Apparatus for sequencing sheets or the like in carrier route order


(57) A system for sorting sheets in carrier route order within a delivery area has a carrier route sequencing device (1-5) for sorting and sequencing first sheets in carrier route order, first storage means provided in said carrier route sequencing device (1-5) for storing delivery point information within the delivery area of the first sheets which have been sorted and sequenced second storage means provided in said carrier route sequencing device (1-5) for storing delivery point information within the delivery area of the other sheets storage means (180) for storing a sequenced information, by which a combined delivery point information within said delivery area are sequenced in carrier route order, said combined delivery point information comprising a combination of said delivery point information stored in said first storage means and said delivery point information stored in said second storage means; and wherein said carrier route sequencing device (1-5) sorts said first sheets of the like based on said sequenced information stored in said storage means (180).






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