EP1011394A4 - Cartridge for containing flat articles - Google Patents

Cartridge for containing flat articles

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Publication number
EP1011394A4
EP1011394A4 EP97920232A EP97920232A EP1011394A4 EP 1011394 A4 EP1011394 A4 EP 1011394A4 EP 97920232 A EP97920232 A EP 97920232A EP 97920232 A EP97920232 A EP 97920232A EP 1011394 A4 EP1011394 A4 EP 1011394A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
cartridge
flat articles
containing flat
articles
flat
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
EP97920232A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1011394B1 (en
EP1011394A1 (en
Inventor
Luiz C Harres
Richard C Hickey
Charles M Combs
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Siemens Dematic Postal Automation LP
Original Assignee
ElectroCom Automation LP
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by ElectroCom Automation LP filed Critical ElectroCom Automation LP
Publication of EP1011394A1 publication Critical patent/EP1011394A1/en
Publication of EP1011394A4 publication Critical patent/EP1011394A4/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP1011394B1 publication Critical patent/EP1011394B1/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/02—Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating
    • B07C1/025—Devices for the temporary stacking of objects provided with a stacking and destacking device (interstack device)
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4225—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles in or on special supports
    • B65H2301/42254—Boxes; Cassettes; Containers
    • B65H2301/422542—Boxes; Cassettes; Containers emptying or unloading processes
EP97920232A 1996-03-29 1997-03-28 Cartridge for containing flat articles Expired - Lifetime EP1011394B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US62576896A 1996-03-29 1996-03-29
US625768 1996-03-29
US4364697P 1997-01-30 1997-01-30
US43646P 1997-01-30
PCT/US1997/005823 WO1997036523A1 (en) 1996-03-29 1997-03-28 Cartridge for containing flat articles

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1011394A1 EP1011394A1 (en) 2000-06-28
EP1011394A4 true EP1011394A4 (en) 2002-07-24
EP1011394B1 EP1011394B1 (en) 2004-08-25

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Family Applications (1)

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EP97920232A Expired - Lifetime EP1011394B1 (en) 1996-03-29 1997-03-28 Cartridge for containing flat articles

Country Status (5)

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EP (1) EP1011394B1 (en)
AU (1) AU2447797A (en)
CA (1) CA2250532A1 (en)
DE (1) DE69730451T2 (en)
WO (1) WO1997036523A1 (en)

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CN1288399A (en) * 1998-01-21 2001-03-21 阿泰克斯曼内斯曼股份公司 Dispatch system for containers of sorted mail and method therefor
US6217274B1 (en) 1999-01-20 2001-04-17 Bell & Howell Postal Systems, Inc. Continuous flow transfer system
US6953906B2 (en) 1999-08-02 2005-10-11 Rapistan Systems Advertising Corp. Delivery point sequencing mail sorting system with flat mail capability
DE10225473C1 (en) * 2002-06-10 2003-08-14 Siemens Ag Stacking box for flat postal articles has stack support which can be retracted downwards into plane of stacking bed
DE10234516B4 (en) 2002-07-30 2004-07-22 Siemens Ag Box-shaped container for flat items
DE10303979B3 (en) 2003-01-31 2004-07-08 Siemens Ag Letter stack compartment for mail sorting machine with driven displacement device infront of stacking point for rapid emptying of stack compartment
WO2006012399A2 (en) 2004-07-21 2006-02-02 Pitney Bowes Inc. One-pass carrier delivery sequence sorter
DE102008062842A1 (en) * 2008-11-25 2010-06-10 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Sorting system for sorting e.g. standard letters, has transporting device transporting stack to differentiator in transporting direction, which lies perpendicular to another transporting direction and opposite to stacking direction
FR3075667B1 (en) * 2017-12-22 2019-11-29 Solystic SELF-ALIGNED PRESENCE DETECTION DEVICE

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SU776663A1 (en) * 1978-06-08 1980-11-07 Специальное Проектно-Конструкторское Бюро Министерства Связи Ссср Storage box for letters of automatic letter sorting machine
FR2676941A1 (en) * 1991-05-30 1992-12-04 Bertin & Cie Compartment unit for sorting machine

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US3127225A (en) * 1964-03-31 Article dispenser
US2043560A (en) * 1935-02-13 1936-06-09 Thomas W Savage Distributing carrier for mail and the like
US3214227A (en) * 1964-07-09 1965-10-26 American Can Co Dispenser
FR2587240B1 (en) * 1985-09-18 1989-05-05 Hotchkiss Brandt Sogeme INSTALLATION FOR INDEXING FLAT OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR POSTAL MAIL
US4699277A (en) * 1986-10-09 1987-10-13 Baxter Kenneth W Compression system for microfiche files and the like
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SU776663A1 (en) * 1978-06-08 1980-11-07 Специальное Проектно-Конструкторское Бюро Министерства Связи Ссср Storage box for letters of automatic letter sorting machine
FR2676941A1 (en) * 1991-05-30 1992-12-04 Bertin & Cie Compartment unit for sorting machine

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO9736523A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
AU2447797A (en) 1997-10-22
EP1011394B1 (en) 2004-08-25
DE69730451D1 (en) 2004-09-30
WO1997036523A1 (en) 1997-10-09
DE69730451T2 (en) 2005-09-01
EP1011394A1 (en) 2000-06-28
CA2250532A1 (en) 1997-10-09

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