Patent ID: 7449656
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of processing postal items in order to prepare delivery rounds by performing a plurality of sorting passes through a postal sorting machine having a carrousel of trays in which the postal items travel in trays above sorting outlets and are deposited in the appropriate sorting outlets according to distribution points of postal items, the method comprising the steps of: determining during a certain sorting pass a sequence of distribution points for postal items to run through a subsequent sorting pass; checking in the machine during said subsequent sorting pass and for each current item, data representative of an order number or rank allocated to the distribution point corresponding to the current postal item in said determined sequence of distribution points in order to prepare each delivery round; said checking comprising monitoring how rank varies for successive postal items in order to detect any difference relative to said predetermined sequence; wherein in response to said detection for a current postal item, the machine further comprises the step of: