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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Stephane Ambroise, Tain l'Hermitage, FR;
Mathieu Bayon, Valence, FR;
Bernard Constant, Beaumont les Valence, FR;
Stephane Ambroise, Tain l'Hermitage, FR;
Mathieu Bayon, Valence, FR;
Bernard Constant, Beaumont les Valence, FR;
Solystic, Gentilly Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A postal sorting machine comprising an automatic feed station () with an unstacker device (), a manual feed station (), and a sorting conveyor adapted to move mailpieces in series one behind another in a conveying direction (), the automatic feed station being designed to feed the conveyor automatically with mailpieces from a stack of mailpieces, the manual feed station () being adapted to receive mailpieces inserted individually and to place them in the conveyor. The manual feed station () comprises a protective cover forming a sort of tunnel over the conveyor, and an insertion slot () provided in the protective cover and through which a mailpiece can be inserted into the tunnel, said slot being in vertical alignment with a mailpiece receiving and handling space () for receiving and handling a mailpiece in the conveyor, which space is funnel-shaped.