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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2019
Solystic, Bagneux, FR;
Olivier De Sousa, Montmeyran, FR;
Fabrice Eyraud, Portes les Valence, FR;
Abstract
The sorting installation () of the invention for sorting mailpieces () includes sorting outlets () in line along a sorting conveyor (), each outlet having a recess () for receiving a tray () in which sorted mailpieces are stored, and also a tray conveyor () that extends under the sorting outlets for transporting the trays filled with sorted mailpieces from the sorting outlets to a feed inlet () of the sorting conveyor. The installation of the invention further includes a tray-manipulating shuttle robot () suitable for moving along the tray conveyor past the sorting outlets, and for extracting a tray from a recess of a sorting outlet associated with it under the control of a monitoring and control unit () so as to transfer it to the tray conveyor.