GB1506516A - Method and apparatus for sorting mail - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for sorting mail

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Publication number
GB1506516A
GB1506516A GB35279/75A GB3527975A GB1506516A GB 1506516 A GB1506516 A GB 1506516A GB 35279/75 A GB35279/75 A GB 35279/75A GB 3527975 A GB3527975 A GB 3527975A GB 1506516 A GB1506516 A GB 1506516A
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Prior art keywords
assembly
brake
wheel
skirt
trays
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GB35279/75A
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Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
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Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
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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
    • B07C7/02—Compartmented furniture, e.g. pigeon-holes
    • 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
    • B07C3/04—Drum-type sorting machines or having circularly arranged sorting compartments

Abstract

1506516 Sorting postal mail MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO 27 Aug 1975 [16 Sept 1974] 35279/75 Heading B8A Mail is sorted by putting it at random in trays 12 and manually (by operators B, Fig. 2) sorting it into labelled trays 14 of a slowly rotating assembly 10. The trays 14 are pulled out and emptied and replaced as they become full and are then replaced. Mail bags 38 may be used instead of certain of the trays 14. The assembly 10 is driven by a motor 22 (Fig. 7) pivotally mounted so that a drive wheel 80 is loaded by gravity against a drive skirt 78 of the assembly. Gravity loading is augmented by a spring 114 adjustable at 136. A manual brake lever 98 presses a brake shoe 102 against a brake ring 96 carried by a skirt 94 of the assembly. An automatic brake (Fig. 5) comprises a wheel 126 frictionally driven by a skirt 82 of the assembly. Slots 124, 128, of the mounting brackets of the axle of the wheel 126, and a spring 132, result in the wheel being biased against the skirt 82 with adjustment provided by a screw 136. A brake disc 162 bearing on the wheel 126 by the action of a spring-loaded plunger 146, is formed with a humped portion 160. The plunger 146 is periodically displaced by the humped portion 160 thus increasing the braking effect. The force of the plunger 146 may be varied by putting in or removing washer-type spacers 156. The effect of the automatic brake is to hold the assembly stationary once it has been stopped; but due to the inertia of the assembly, the brake (if properly adjusted) cannot stop the assembly without additional (e.g. manual) assistance, once it is rotating.
GB35279/75A 1974-09-16 1975-08-27 Method and apparatus for sorting mail Expired GB1506516A (en)

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US506309A US3905896A (en) 1974-09-16 1974-09-16 Method and apparatus for sorting and distributing mail

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GB1506516A true GB1506516A (en) 1978-04-05

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GB35279/75A Expired GB1506516A (en) 1974-09-16 1975-08-27 Method and apparatus for sorting mail

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US (1) US3905896A (en)
JP (1) JPS5823151B2 (en)
AR (1) AR208327A1 (en)
BE (1) BE833446A (en)
BR (1) BR7505872A (en)
CA (1) CA1035311A (en)
CH (1) CH590695A5 (en)
DE (1) DE2541223A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2284376A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1506516A (en)
IE (1) IE41712B1 (en)
IL (1) IL48095A (en)
IT (1) IT1048592B (en)
NL (1) NL172731C (en)
NZ (1) NZ178689A (en)
SE (1) SE403719B (en)

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US6227378B1 (en) 1998-03-27 2001-05-08 The Post Office Sorting system for groups of items having recirculation
CN109081053A (en) * 2018-07-06 2018-12-25 山东理工大学 A kind of quick separate system of the express delivery of e-commerce
CN115582276A (en) * 2022-10-25 2023-01-10 铜陵学院 Light multipurpose intelligent automatic sorting device
CN115582276B (en) * 2022-10-25 2024-04-12 铜陵学院 Light multipurpose intelligent automatic sorting device

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SE403719B (en) 1978-09-04
FR2284376A1 (en) 1976-04-09
IL48095A0 (en) 1975-11-25
IE41712L (en) 1976-03-20
US3905896A (en) 1975-09-16
IL48095A (en) 1980-02-29
BR7505872A (en) 1976-08-03
NL172731B (en) 1983-05-16
IT1048592B (en) 1980-12-20
IE41712B1 (en) 1980-03-12
NL7510596A (en) 1976-03-18
SE7510035L (en) 1976-03-17
AU8483275A (en) 1977-03-24
JPS5823151B2 (en) 1983-05-13
NL172731C (en) 1983-10-17
AR208327A1 (en) 1976-12-20
JPS5156700A (en) 1976-05-18
CA1035311A (en) 1978-07-25
CH590695A5 (en) 1977-08-15
FR2284376B1 (en) 1982-08-27
NZ178689A (en) 1978-06-02
BE833446A (en) 1976-03-16
DE2541223A1 (en) 1976-03-25

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee