AU2002219349A1 - An improved sorting system - Google Patents

An improved sorting system

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AU2002219349A1
AU2002219349A1 AU2002219349A AU2002219349A AU2002219349A1 AU 2002219349 A1 AU2002219349 A1 AU 2002219349A1 AU 2002219349 A AU2002219349 A AU 2002219349A AU 2002219349 A AU2002219349 A AU 2002219349A AU 2002219349 A1 AU2002219349 A1 AU 2002219349A1
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Prior art keywords
sorting system
improved sorting
improved
sorting
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Abandoned
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AU2002219349A
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David Britton
Graham Lennard
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Royal Mail Group Ltd
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Royal Mail Group Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C3/06—Linear sorting machines in which articles are removed from a stream at selected points
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C3/08—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution using arrangements of conveyors
AU2002219349A 2001-01-09 2002-01-09 An improved sorting system Abandoned AU2002219349A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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GB0100503A GB2370823B (en) 2001-01-09 2001-01-09 An improved sorting system
GB0100503.2 2001-01-09
PCT/GB2002/000073 WO2002055222A2 (en) 2001-01-09 2002-01-09 An improved sorting system

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AU2002219349A1 true AU2002219349A1 (en) 2002-07-24

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US (1) US20020113365A1 (en)
EP (1) EP1353764A2 (en)
AU (1) AU2002219349A1 (en)
CA (1) CA2434261A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2370823B (en)
WO (1) WO2002055222A2 (en)

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GB2370823A (en) 2002-07-10
US20020113365A1 (en) 2002-08-22
WO2002055222A2 (en) 2002-07-18
GB2370823B (en) 2004-09-22
EP1353764A2 (en) 2003-10-22
WO2002055222A3 (en) 2002-12-12
GB0100503D0 (en) 2001-02-21
WO2002055222A8 (en) 2003-06-19
CA2434261A1 (en) 2002-07-18

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MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase