System and method for grouping mail pieces in a sorter
US7004396B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2004 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C3/00
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A mailpiece sorter system including a mailpiece feeding assembly operative to selectively feed mailpieces singularly or in groupings of mailpieces consisting of more than one mailpiece and a mailpiece sortation assembly operatively coupled to the mailpiece feeding assembly. The mailpiece sortation system includes a plurality mailpiece sortation bins and a diverting assembly for directing fed mailpieces into a predetermined mailpiece sortation bins. A control system is operatively coupled to the mailpiece feeding assembly to determine which mailpieces are to be singularly fed from said feeding assembly and which mailpieces are to be fed from said feeding assembly in a predetermined grouping of mailpieces.
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