Patent · US Expired

Installation for sorting flat articles

US6575306B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Rudolf Schuster · Heimstetten, DE
Josef Romeder · Hersbruck, DE
Wolfgang Brixius · Neunkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2000
Grant date	Jun 10, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H31/22
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A sorting installation includes separate collection receptacles into which mail is sorted. The collection receptacles are automatically removed from the output stations of the installation and transported on a transport path to a peripheral transfer mechanism, in which the mail articles are removed from the collection receptacles with the aid of a gripper and are transferred into transport receptacles of the installation. The transfer mechanism is box-shaped and includes a hinged bottom that slides under the mail in the collection receptacles.

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