Modular system for automatically staging letters in connection with a letter sorting machine
US5385243A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S414/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A letter sorting apparatus comprising a letter sorting machine, and an automatic storage and retrieval system including a staging rack defining a plurality of staging locations, and a storage and retrieval machine which is positioned to receive letters from the sorting machine and to present letters for input to the sorting machine and which is operable to stage letters in and retrieve letters from the staging locations.
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