System and method for directly connecting an advanced facer canceler system to a delivery bar code sorter
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorsTimothy Barnum, George Laws, Leung Shiu, James Goodbar
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Abstract
Systems and methods that allow for orienting and delivering mail between a postage verifier and a mail sorter. A postage verifier incudes an optical character reader for decoding addresses on mail pieces that do not have bar codes. A reverter orients mail from the postage verifier into a position required for processing by the mail sorter. A combination of mail carrying modules carry the mail from the reverter to the mail sorter. The mail sorter prints bar code information on mail lacking bar codes, when the data is available, and sorts the mail based on the bar code information.
Claims31
1-10. (canceled)
A mail processing system comprising:
- a postage verifier having an output;
- a reverter orienting mail received from the output of the postage verifier;
- a first mail carrying module configured to receive oriented mail from the reverter;
- a transport configured to receive mail from the first mail carrying module;
- a second mail carrying module configured to receive mail from the transport;
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- a mail sorter configured to receive mail from the second mail carrying module.
28-37. (canceled)
A delivery item processing system comprising:
- a delivery fee verifier, having an output, that verifies a delivery fee indicia on a delivery item;
- a transport subsystem, having an output, that receives the delivery item output by the delivery fee verifier and moves the delivery item to the output of the transport subsystem;
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- a sorter that receives the delivery item output by the transport subsystem and sorts the delivery item into a delivery order based on an address on the delivery item.
A delivery item processing system comprising:
- an address encoder, having an output, that places a delivery code on a delivery item based on an address on the delivery item;
- a transport subsystem, having an output, that receives the delivery item output by the address encoder and moves the delivery item to the output of the transport subsystem;
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- a sorter that receives the delivery item output by the transport subsystem and sorts the delivery item into a delivery order based on the delivery code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.