Patent ID: 9040860
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B07C

Abstract:
1. A sorting machine for processing at least flat postal items comprising a stacking module ( 6 ) having a plurality of stacking stations ( 11 ) defining respective channels ( 23 ) along which the postal products are carried and a first plurality of rollers ( 30 ) for handling the postal products along said stacking stations ( 11 ), a first carrying assembly ( 9 ) defining a second channel ( 31 ) configured so as to carry the postal products towards said stacking module ( 6 ) and comprising a second plurality of rollers ( 27 , 28 ) for carrying said postal products, a plurality of deviating assemblies ( 10 ) each of which comprises a first device ( 21 ) that may selectively be moved to deviate a flat in said channel ( 23 ) of the desired stacking station ( 11 ), a second carrying assembly ( 12 ) delimiting an outlet channel ( 39 ) communicating with said plurality of stacking stations ( 11 ), in which at least one of said first and second rollers ( 27 , 28 , 30 ) may transversally be moved with respect to the direction along which the postal products are carried on the machine ( 1 ), and further comprising a support plane (P) on which the flats rest by gravity, and in that said first and second carrying assembly ( 9 , 12 ) and said stacking module ( 6 ) are configured so as to come into contact with a face of the flats and carry the latter in an upright position on said support plane (P) before depositing the flats into the stacking stations.