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Method and device for sorting postal items

US7960668B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Deutsche Post AG · DE

Inventors

Christoph Fethke · Hachenburg, DE
Jürgen Raβkopf · Rommerskirchen, DE
Robert Egg · Aichach, DE
Joachim Ziegeler · Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 5, 2005
Grant date	Jun 14, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S209/923
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and device for sorting postal items according to formats, wherein postal items having at least two formats are fed by first conveyor to a sorting location; postal items of a first format are removed from the first conveyor in the area of the sorting location at a number of sorting stations arranged one behind the other in a direction of conveyance of the first conveyor, and are fed to a second conveyor, which, in the area of the sorting location, extends laterally next to the first conveyor, and; the postal items with other formats remain on the first conveyor.

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