Method for emptying parcel containers

Abstract

In the device for emptying of rectangular open-top mail piece containers (1) featuring lateral guiding elements (2), the mail piece containers (1) are guided and shifted on lateral guiding tracks (3). The bottom of the mail piece container (1) features continuous recesses (11) that extend in the shifting direction. Between the guiding tracks (3) freely protruding supporting fingers (6) are provisioned that are oriented in a direction toward the shifting direction. The recesses (11) in the container bottom and the supporting fingers (6) are dimensioned and positioned in such a way that the supporting fingers (6) move into the recesses (11) underneath the mail pieces, when the mail piece container (1) is shifted in its position. The—in the shifting direction—forward and rearward side walls of the mail piece container (1) feature, at least above the supporting fingers (6), cuts (5) that are open at the top. In the area of the supporting fingers (6) the guiding tracks (3) feature holes (7) for the support elements (2) so that at this location the mail piece containers (1) drop downward while the mail pieces remain on the supporting fingers (6).

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