Method for sorting items of mail in order of delivery
CA 2205166 C · Owner: Koninklijke Kpn N.V. · Inventors: Steenge, Tijs Wiebe
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A method for sorting items of mail according to the sequence of delivery points in delivery runs. The sorting process take place in a number of successive sorting operations sorting runs. Sorting takes, place according to sequence number of the delivery points within the delivery runs during the last sorting run but one and according to, delivery run during the last sorting run. During said last sorting run, a suitable number of sections of a sorting apparatus have been reserved for each delivery run, and each delivery run is subdivided into as many segments, e.g. four. The items of mail for the first segment of a delivery run, in the example for the first quarter of the sequence numbers, …
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- Filed May 12, 1997 and granted September 17, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 2017.
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