Patent ID: 6950724
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of using a mail sorting machine to provide a transportable container containing mail that is arranged in delivery point order and separated by delivery point, wherein the mail sorting machine is capable of routing each piece of mail input therein to one of a plurality of temporary storage compartments, and wherein the transportable container includes a plurality of compartments, with each compartment of the transportable container being associated with only one of the plurality of temporary storage compartments, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of mail pieces, wherein each mail piece in said plurality of mail pieces is addressed to a delivery point on a mail carrier's route; associating, during a mail sorting process, each one of the plurality of temporary storage compartments with only one delivery point on the mail carrier's route such that during the mail sorting process no two temporary storage compartments of the plurality are associated with the same delivery point; for each mail piece in the plurality of mail pieces, determining the delivery point to which the mail piece is addressed and storing the mail piece in the temporary storage compartment associated with the determined delivery point; and for each said temporary storage compartment, removing the mail pieces stored in said temporary storage compartment by transferring said mail pieces to the compartment of the transportable container with which said temporary storage compartment is associated.