EP1066886A3 - Mail sorting system - Google Patents

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EP1066886A3
EP1066886A3 EP00660122A EP00660122A EP1066886A3 EP 1066886 A3 EP1066886 A3 EP 1066886A3 EP 00660122 A EP00660122 A EP 00660122A EP 00660122 A EP00660122 A EP 00660122A EP 1066886 A3 EP1066886 A3 EP 1066886A3
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mail
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sorting system
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Matti Jaurila
Raimo Väisänen
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Lakeuden Levytyo Oy
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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

Abstract

The invention relates to a mail sorting system and a method for handling mail matter, comprising a set of sorting compartments (1) consisting of one or more sorting compartments (2), an indicating means (11) arranged in each compartment (2) indicating the compartment, a control device (12) controlling the indicating means (11). The invention is characterized in that the mail sorting system and method are intended for sorting unaddressed mail matter in which address data is not readable on a mail piece, whereby the sorting data is arranged in the control means (12), and the mail sorting system and method are intended for collecting pre-sorted bundles (3) of mail matter according to delivery order from the compartments (2) of the set of sorting compartments (1), whereby the mail collecting order is arranged in the control device (12).
EP00660122A 1999-07-05 2000-07-04 Mail sorting system Withdrawn EP1066886A3 (en)

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FI991532A FI991532A (en) 1999-07-05 1999-07-05 Mail sorting system
FI991532 1999-07-05

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EP1066886A3 true EP1066886A3 (en) 2004-06-16

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DE10216336A1 (en) * 2002-04-13 2003-11-06 Siemens Ag Process for distributing bulk mail
US6950724B2 (en) * 2003-10-31 2005-09-27 Northrop Grumman Corporation System and method for delivery point packaging
WO2005053864A1 (en) * 2003-12-06 2005-06-16 Siemens Schweiz Ag Method for sorting addressed and unaddressed mail items
WO2005107965A2 (en) 2004-04-15 2005-11-17 United States Postal Service Methods and systems for sorting unaddressed items
US20080264838A1 (en) * 2005-02-16 2008-10-30 Barbara Limpens Sorting Center and Method for Sorting and Combining Mail and a Sorting Cabinet and Buffer Assembly for Use Therein
CN106984551A (en) * 2017-03-28 2017-07-28 顺丰科技有限公司 Wireless sorting instruction device, wireless sorting indicate system and method

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DE2230235A1 (en) * 1972-06-21 1974-01-10 Daimler Benz Ag METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION SHEETS
US4181948A (en) * 1977-06-06 1980-01-01 Electronic Data Systems Corporation Computer directed manual sorting aid
US5794789A (en) * 1995-12-13 1998-08-18 Payson; William H. Semi-automated integrated sort system
EP0928641A1 (en) * 1998-01-12 1999-07-14 Neopost Industrie Device for assisting mail sorting by hand

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DE2230235A1 (en) * 1972-06-21 1974-01-10 Daimler Benz Ag METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION SHEETS
US4181948A (en) * 1977-06-06 1980-01-01 Electronic Data Systems Corporation Computer directed manual sorting aid
US5794789A (en) * 1995-12-13 1998-08-18 Payson; William H. Semi-automated integrated sort system
EP0928641A1 (en) * 1998-01-12 1999-07-14 Neopost Industrie Device for assisting mail sorting by hand

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NO20003446L (en) 2001-01-08
EP1066886A2 (en) 2001-01-10
FI991532A (en) 2001-01-06
NO20003446D0 (en) 2000-07-03

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