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US 2003/0141226 A1Published application
Mail sequencing system
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorHajime Morikawa
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Abstract
A mail sequencing system has, its top surface part, a tray storage. A non-standard-size mail supplied from a mail supplying unit is read by a bar code reader. The mail is stacked in a predetermined sorting bin based on the information. A tray onto which the mail is stacked is carried sequentially from the sorting bin to the tray storage and is supplied via a spiral chute to the mail supplying unit again to perform the second sorting. The destination of the mail can be automatically further sorted.
Claims15
A mail sequencing system that automatically sorts mails, comprising:
- a mail supplying unit reading information given to mails to supply the mails one by one;
- a sorting stacking unit having a plurality of sorting bins and stacking the mail onto a tray provided in each of the sorting bins;
- a mail carrying unit carrying the mail to the corresponding sorting bin based on said read information;
- a tray storage arranged on the top surface part of said mail sequencing system to store the tray;
- a first tray carrying unit carrying the tray from the sorting stacking unit to the tray storage;
- a first tray moving unit moving the tray from the sorting bin to the first tray carrying unit;
- a second tray carrying unit carrying the tray from the tray storage to said mail supplying unit;
- an empty tray supplying unit supplying an empty tray to said sorting stacking unit;
- a tray collecting unit collecting the tray;
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- a control part controlling carriage of the mail and the tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.