Installation for sorting postal parcels or packets
US11534801B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 31, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB66F9/12
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An installation for sorting postal parcels or packets, has a carousel sorting conveyor having transport bins that are moved around a closed loop over a plurality of sorting outlets formed by respective storage receptacles, a feed magazine in which bulk stored parcels are put into series and then injected into the transport bins of the conveyor while it is moving, and a monitoring and control unit that acts on the bins of the sorting conveyor so as to open each of them over a receptacle that corresponds to a delivery address of the article following a sorting plan, includes a first sorting pass to sort parcels into first receptacles that are of high bulk storage capacity, and a subsequent sorting pass where the parcels are sorted into second receptacles that are smaller than the first receptacles.
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