Patent · US Expired

Device for guiding and receiving letters at the exit of a mail-sorting machine and a machine equipped with said device

US4493484A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1982
Grant dateJan 15, 1985
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K13/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Letters discharged from a mail-sorting machine are received by a switching flap and pendulum for braking and guiding them towards the bottom of a selected basket-type compartment in order to form a stack. The mail baskets are disposed in interfitting relation and in a number of superposed rows at different levels.

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