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Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2004
Applicant:

Ottmar K. Kechel, Irving, TX (US);

Inventor:

Ottmar K. Kechel, Irving, TX (US);

Assignee:

Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of sorting and bundling mail for delivery to a plurality of delivery points includes sorting the mail pieces in one or more passes through an automated sorting machine using destination codes associated with the mail pieces that are scanned and stored by a computer so that the mail pieces are ordered such that a final sort to a plurality of locations using at least part of the destination codes will place the mail pieces in delivery order and transferring and feeding the mail pieces to a plurality of bundling machines as a singulated stream and sorting the mail pieces to the bundling machines so that mail pieces having the same destination code are sorted to the same machine where the mail pieces are bundled by destination code for delivery.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kechel, Ottmar. (2007). Method and apparatus for sorting and bundling mail (U.S. Patent No. 7259345). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7259345

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