(19)
(11) EP 2 447 196 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.04.2013 Bulletin 2013/17

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.05.2012 Bulletin 2012/18

(21) Application number: 11187339.4

(22) Date of filing: 31.10.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65H 1/02(2006.01)
B65H 7/04(2006.01)
 B65H 3/04(2006.01)
B65H 83/02(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
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 States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 02.11.2010 JP 2010246188

(71) Applicant: NEC Corporation
Minato-ku Tokyo 108-8001 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Shimizu, Hirokazu
    Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
  • Kikuzato, Yasunori
    Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: MacDougall, Alan John Shaw et al
Mathys & Squire LLP 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2SQ
London EC1N 2SQ (GB)

   


(54) Mail processing device and mail processing method


(57) A mail processing method of a mail processing device having a one-mail-piece sending portion 11 which sends mail P one by one, buffers 10 and 9 which are continuously arranged, amount detecting sensors 15c and 15b which detect the full states of the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 and the buffer 10, a transport belt 13b which transports the mail in the buffer 10 to the one-mail-piece sending portion 11, and a transport belt 13a which transports the mail in the buffer 9 to the buffer 10 includes: prompting the transport belt 13b to transport the mail to the one-mail-piece sending portion 11 when the amount detecting sensor 15c does not detect the full state of the one-mail-piece sending portion 11; and prompting the transport belt 13a to transport the mail to the buffer 10 when the amount detecting sensor 15b does not detect the full state of the buffer 10.







Search report









Search report