EP0928641B8 - Device for assisting mail sorting by hand - Google Patents

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EP0928641B8
EP0928641B8 EP99400037A EP99400037A EP0928641B8 EP 0928641 B8 EP0928641 B8 EP 0928641B8 EP 99400037 A EP99400037 A EP 99400037A EP 99400037 A EP99400037 A EP 99400037A EP 0928641 B8 EP0928641 B8 EP 0928641B8
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mail sorting
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Marc Divine
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Quadient Technologies France SA
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Neopost Technologies SA
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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
    • 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
    • B07C7/04—Apparatus or accessories for hand picking
EP99400037A 1998-01-12 1999-01-08 Device for assisting mail sorting by hand Expired - Lifetime EP0928641B8 (en)

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FR9800188 1998-01-12
FR9800188A FR2773503B1 (en) 1998-01-12 1998-01-12 ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR MANUAL SORTING OF MAIL ITEMS

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EP0928641B1 EP0928641B1 (en) 2006-05-03
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FR2773503B1 (en) 2000-04-07
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DE69931086T2 (en) 2006-12-14
US6370446B1 (en) 2002-04-09
FR2773503A1 (en) 1999-07-16

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