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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2012
Franck Girodet, Montelier, FR;
Francois Madar, Bourg les Valence, FR;
Mickael Dauvergne, Mercurol, FR;
Bruno Cartal, Montelier, FR;
Franck Girodet, Montelier, FR;
Francois Madar, Bourg les Valence, FR;
Mickael Dauvergne, Mercurol, FR;
Bruno Cartal, Montelier, FR;
Solystic, Gentilly Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a postal sorting machine () for sorting mailpieces () and separators (), which machine includes: sorting outlets (); a first unstacker (); a conveyor () for distributing said mailpieces () and said separators () between said sorting outlets (); a second unstacker () for automatically unstacking at least one separator () on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion, and for inserting it into the stream of mailpieces (), said conveyor () distributing said reinserted separator () to a certain predetermined sorting outlet (); and a stacker () for stacking separators (), which stacker is interposed between said first unstacker () and said second unstacker () for the purposes of extracting separators (), of stacking them, of storing them, and of feeding said second unstacker () automatically. The invention also relates to a sorting method using said postal sorting machine ().