Patent · US Expired

Sorting installation, in particular for mail

US5850901A · kind A · utility

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10References

15Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Rudolf Schuster · Heimstetten, DE
Rudolf Brugger · Puchheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 1996
Grant date	Dec 22, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 15, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB07C3/082
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A sorting installation, in particular for mail, comprises a plurality of conveyed item carriers, circulating on at least one conveying mechanism, for receiving, transporting and controllably delivering the conveyed items. Each conveyed item carrier has a fixedly arranged wall part and a movably arranged wall part. The movably arranged wall part forms in a closed position together with the fixedly arranged wall part a cross-sectionally U-shaped or V-shaped receiving pocket for the conveyed items. The movably arranged wall part forms in a delivery position together with the fixedly arranged wall part a downwardly open delivery slot for the conveyed items.

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