AU2003281161A1 - Apparatus and method for merging items to be sorted - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for merging items to be sorted

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Publication number
AU2003281161A1
AU2003281161A1 AU2003281161A AU2003281161A AU2003281161A1 AU 2003281161 A1 AU2003281161 A1 AU 2003281161A1 AU 2003281161 A AU2003281161 A AU 2003281161A AU 2003281161 A AU2003281161 A AU 2003281161A AU 2003281161 A1 AU2003281161 A1 AU 2003281161A1
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Prior art keywords
sorted
merging items
merging
items
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Abandoned
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AU2003281161A
Inventor
David Thomas Britton
Graham Thomas Hipwell
Graham Charles Lennard
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Royal Mail Group Ltd
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Royal Mail Group Ltd
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Publication of AU2003281161A1 publication Critical patent/AU2003281161A1/en
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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
    • B07C7/00—Sorting by hand only e.g. of mail
    • B07C7/005—Computer assisted manual sorting, e.g. for mail
    • 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
    • B07C3/008—Means for collecting objects, e.g. containers for sorted mail items
AU2003281161A 2002-07-12 2003-07-14 Apparatus and method for merging items to be sorted Abandoned AU2003281161A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0216264.2 2002-07-12
GB0216264A GB2390590A (en) 2002-07-12 2002-07-12 Merging apparatus and method, re-introduction of initially rejected items back into a sequence of items
PCT/GB2003/003039 WO2004007102A1 (en) 2002-07-12 2003-07-14 Apparatus and method for merging items to be sorted

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AU2003281161A1 true AU2003281161A1 (en) 2004-02-02

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AU2003281161A Abandoned AU2003281161A1 (en) 2002-07-12 2003-07-14 Apparatus and method for merging items to be sorted

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AU (1) AU2003281161A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2390590A (en)
WO (1) WO2004007102A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE10342804B3 (en) * 2003-09-16 2005-04-14 Siemens Ag Apparatus for merging manually processable flat shipments with a stream automatically according to the distribution order of sorted shipments
US7201277B2 (en) 2003-09-03 2007-04-10 Siemens Ag Device for automatically merging manually processable mail flats with a flow according to the distribution sequence of sorted mail items
JP5738271B2 (en) * 2009-04-03 2015-06-24 エグザロス・アクチェンゲゼルシャフトＥｘａｌｏｓ Ａｇ Optical module

Family Cites Families (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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DE1254395B (en) * 1966-03-18 1967-11-16 Siemens Ag Distribution machine for distributing flat objects such as letters, postcards, etc.
GB2248133A (en) * 1990-09-19 1992-03-25 Alcatel Business Systems Mail handling system
EP0834354B1 (en) * 1996-10-01 2002-05-29 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Device and method for transferring parcels to be sorted according to an ordered row
US6598748B2 (en) * 1999-05-12 2003-07-29 Northrop Grumman Corporation Line of travel sequence transformation in mail processing applications
FR2799995B1 (en) * 1999-10-26 2003-08-01 Mannesmann Dematic Postal Automation Sa METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MERGING LOTS OF ORDERED OBJECTS IN PARTICULAR LOTS OF MAIL ITEMS

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GB0216264D0 (en) 2002-08-21
GB2390590A (en) 2004-01-14
WO2004007102A1 (en) 2004-01-22

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Legal Events

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