Method of sorting mailpieces by using a process for dynamically allocating sorting outlets
US8504192B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C3/00
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of sorting mailpieces amongst N logical sorting destinations with a sorting machine including a mailpiece conveyor that serves M sorting outlets, each of which is provided with a removable mailpiece storage tray that is handled by a tray conveyor, where M is less than N, consists in detecting that a current mailpiece to be sorted has a certain logical destination that is said to be “overbooked” and that is not associated with a sorting outlet, and in dynamically allocating to said overbooked logical destination a certain sorting outlet of the machine that is occupied by another logical destination. In said certain sorting outlet, a tray change is made and the tray extracted from said certain sorting outlet is put on standby on a loop of the tray conveyor.
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