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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2006
François Madar, Bourg les Valence, FR;
Bruno Cartal, Montelier, FR;
David Morisot, Guilherand-Granges, FR;
François Madar, Bourg les Valence, FR;
Bruno Cartal, Montelier, FR;
David Morisot, Guilherand-Granges, FR;
Solystic, Gentilly Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A method of processing postal items in a postal sorting machine for preparing delivery rounds in a plurality of sorting passes (typically two sorting passes) includes a step that is performed during a sorting pass and for each current item, said step consisting in monitoring () data representative of an order number or rank allocated to the distribution point corresponding to the current postal item in a predetermined sequence of distribution points to be run through this sorting pass in order to prepare each delivery round, the monitoring consisting in observing how rank varies for successive postal items in order to detect any difference relative to said predetermined sequence. In response to detecting such a difference for a current item, said current item is put back into circulation through the machine in order to delay its sorting and thus recreate the expected sequence.