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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Brian Bowers, Mundelein, IL (US);
Steven Seburn, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Inventors:
Brian Bowers, Mundelein, IL (US);
Steven Seburn, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Bell and Howell, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B07C 1/00 (2006.01); B07C 1/02 (2006.01); B07C 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 1/00 (2013.01); B07C 1/02 (2013.01); B07C 3/10 (2013.01); B07C 2201/00 (2013.01); B07C 2301/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present subject matter relates to techniques and equipment for processing mailpieces. The mailpieces have been manufacture on a mailpiece inserter or directly from a printer The manufactured mailpieces are processed on a mail sorter to produce trays of mail that are grouped by zone improvement program. The mailpieces are sorted without a predefined sort scheme loaded on the mail sorter.