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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Boris Lohmann, Bremen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Atkiengsellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/00 ; B65H 8/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/00 ; B65H 8/300 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for sorting mail items, said sorting being carried out base on characteristics located on the face of the mail items and by a sorting machine which sorts said explored and recognized characteristics. In order to ensure continuous final sorting in a sorting machine whereof the number of separation racks is less than the number of final directions, the input mail items are pre-sorted according to a pre-sorting plan. Simultaneously, final sorting operations are executed on the machine, the pre-sorted mail items being re-inserted in the sorting machine to be subjected therein to a final sorting.