Sorting flat mail into delivery point sequencing
CA 2379783 A1 · Owner: Burns, Gary P. · Inventors: Burns, Gary P.; Olson, Douglas E.
Overview
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A method and apparatus for sorting mail to delivery point sequence includes providing a first sortation assembly, adapted to performing a first sort pass to mail articles supplied to it and a second sortation assembly adapted to performing a second sort pass to mail articles supplied to it. Mail articles are supplied to the first sortation assembly which identifies the mail articles and performs a first sort pass to sort the mail articles. The mail sorted by the first sortation assembly is conveyed to the second sortation assembly which performs a second son pass to sort the mail articles to delivery point sequence depth of sort.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 31, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 31, 2020.
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