Patent ID: 7683285
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for arranging and transferring mail into a mail item container, with a sorting device, the mail being located in a storage pocket, the method comprising the steps of: determining a sorting destination for each mail item located in the storage pocket; calculating a next possible meeting point of the storage pocket with mail items and with assigned mail item container, in a transfer section in accordance with geometrical circumstances and speed of the storage pockets and the mail item containers; determining an actual transfer point in the transfer section by correcting the calculated meeting point in accordance with a time in which mail items need to remain in an intermediate storage receptacle; selecting an intermediate receptacle capable of accepting the mail item at a transfer point for each item; and transferring the item by opening the storage pocket when it is located over the selected intermediate receptacle and opening the intermediate receptacle when the assigned mail item container is located below the intermediate receptacle.