Patent ID: 9227226
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B07C,B65G

Claim Text:
1. A cart for assisting in transferring mailpieces for a postal sorting machine having a row of sorting outlets at each of which the mailpieces are stacked on edge on a work surface, said cart for assisting in transferring mailpieces including a support defining the bottom of a filling zone suitable for receiving at least one tray to be filled with stacked mailpieces, said cart for assisting in transferring mailpieces being characterized in that it includes a back plate extending substantially perpendicularly to the support and carrying guide means designed to co-operate with a longitudinal runner provided on said sorting machine for the purpose of guiding said cart for assisting in transferring mailpieces along said work surface, in that an end of said back plate projecting above said support is extended by a transfer ramp inclined relative to said back plate with which it forms an acute angle and designed to bridge over the edge of the work surface to come flush with said work surface from above, regardless of the longitudinal position of said cart for assisting in transferring mailpieces.