Patent ID: 8013267
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: B07C,B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A sorting system, for feeding and sorting mail pieces, and for moving the mail pieces to sorted mail stations according to delivery information on the mail pieces, the system comprising: a plurality of feeding stations, each of the feeding stations having means to singulate mail pieces and to read the delivery information thereon; a plurality of sorters which receive and sort the mail pieces from the plurality of feeding stations; and a plurality of pathways; wherein each one of the feeding stations is connectable by pathways to substantially all of the plurality of sorters; wherein each of the plurality of sorters has a plurality of the sorted mail stations, each of the sorted mail stations dimensioned for receiving a subset of the mail pieces according to the delivery information, and wherein the system further comprises means for selecting the pathways according to the delivery information read from the mail pieces.