Mail sorting installation with a tray conveyor having a retractable edge and its tray-manipulating shuttle robot
US10906068B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 3, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C3/06
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The sorting installation (1) of the invention for sorting mailpieces (6) includes sorting outlets (2) in line along a sorting conveyor (3), each outlet having a recess (4) for receiving a tray (5) in which sorted mailpieces are stored, and also a tray conveyor (8) that extends under the sorting outlets for transporting the trays filled with sorted mailpieces from the sorting outlets to a feed inlet (7) of the sorting conveyor. The installation of the invention further includes a tray-manipulating shuttle robot (9) suitable for moving along the tray conveyor past the sorting outlets, and for extracting a tray from a recess of a sorting outlet associated with it under the control of a monitoring and control unit (19) so as to transfer it to the tray conveyor.
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