System and a method for processing international priority airmail
US5262597A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 1992 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G19/005
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is provided a system for processing international priority airmail. The system includes a weigh in station for weighing the total weight of received priority airmail, a recordal station for recording the total number of pieces of the received airmail and for establishing criteria to identify the airmail in the system, an affixing station, located downstream of the weigh in and recordal stations, for affixing indicia onto the airmail; and a sorting station, located downstream of the affixing station, for sorting the airmail by country. The system also includes a processing unit that stores received information and processes the stored information to derive processed information, and a weighing and processing station, located downstream of the sorting station. The weighing and processing station is operatively connected to the processing unit, and in conjunction with the processing unit establishes a control weight per piece per country for identical pieces of airmail to be sent to each country and determines the total number of pieces per country. The system further provides for the generating of a report based on the information processed by the processing unit.
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