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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
Solystic, Bagneux, FR;
Patrick Tetaz-Receveur, Saint Romans, FR;
Laurent Pellegrin, Livron, FR;
SOLYSTIC, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
The sorting installation () of the invention includes sorting outlets () aligned 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 moving full trays. The installation further includes a shuttle robot () provided with a chute () having a bottom end () that is slidingly attached to a guide rail () extending along the tray conveyor, the shuttle robot being designed to extract a tray full of mail automatically from a recess in a sorting outlet and to drop it onto the top portion of the chute in such a manner that, on reaching the bottom of the chute, the tray is injected onto the tray conveyor under the effect of gravity.