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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2011
Didier Tresse, Saint Laurent d'Onay, FR;
Nicolas Basset, Saint Paul Trois Chateaux, FR;
Jacques Petit, Bourg les Valence, FR;
Didier Tresse, Saint Laurent d'Onay, FR;
Nicolas Basset, Saint Paul Trois Chateaux, FR;
Jacques Petit, Bourg les Valence, FR;
Solystic, Gentilly, Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of optimizing a process for handling mail, which method comprises the following steps: subjecting mailpieces to a first machine-sorting cycle in which a plurality of first sorting outlets are allocated to respective ones of a plurality of first delivery destinations having high rates of filling and one other sorting outlet is allocated to second delivery destinations having low rates of filling; directing separators to the first sorting outlets; re-circulating the mailpieces coming from the other sorting outlet; and subjecting them to a second sorting cycle in which the first sorting outlets are allocated to the second delivery destinations. If the sorting outlets use storage bins, at the end of the second sorting cycle, the mailpieces of a first destination and the mailpieces of a second destination are sorted in layers in the same bin by being separated by a separator.