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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
Taichiro Yamashita, Tsuchiura, JP;
Yasunori Hamada, Tsuchiura, JP;
Kazushi Yoshida, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Tadashi Osaka, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Junichi Tamamoto, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Apparatus for sorting sheets or the like, in which mail distributed to a number of collection sections can be easily recycled to a feeder for sorting the mail in accordance with the delivery order. Stackers, in which mail is sorted in accordance with address codes, are provided on an upper portion of the feeder. By pulling out a bottom plate of the stackers, the mail in the stackers falls down into the feeder. The mail distributed once can be recycled to the feeder in a short period of time, thereby reducing the time for carrier route sequencing of the mail. The mail is conveyed in a path extending both above and below the feeder and the stackers, thereby reducing the area required for the apparatus.