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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2005
François Madar, Bourg-les-Valence, FR;
Bruno Cartal, Montelier, FR;
Didier Tresse, Saint Laurent D'Onay, FR;
François Madar, Bourg-les-Valence, FR;
Bruno Cartal, Montelier, FR;
Didier Tresse, Saint Laurent D'Onay, FR;
Solystic, Gentilly Cedex, FR;
Abstract
In a method of handling mail items in a postal sorting machine, in which method the mail items pass a first time and then a second time through the machine in compliance with a sorting plan, the following steps are performed: during the first sorting pass, and for each current mail item, measuring a physical magnitude specific to the mail item, and determining an expected sequence of mail items for the second sorting pass; and, during the second sorting pass, and for each current mail item, measuring the same physical magnitude once again, and, if it is determined that said current mail item is not the item expected in said sequence, comparing the physical magnitudes as measured for the same mail item respectively during the first pass and during the second pass so as to identify the presence of mail items in multiple takes.