Patent ID: 8772664
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B07C,B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for sorting flat mail items with a sorting device having at least a first and a second segment, each of the segments having at least N storage modules, each storage module operable in an insertion mode where flat mail items are inserted into the storage module, and in a withdrawal mode where flat mail items are withdrawn from the storage module, the method comprising the steps of: carrying out a first sorting pass in the first segment; subsequent to the first sorting pass, carrying out a second sorting pass in the second segment; during the first sorting pass, depositing overflow mail items assigned to a storage module that has been closed because it is full into another one of the storage modules, where the another one of the storage modules is operated in the insertion mode; subsequently emptying the another one of the storage modules having the overflow mail items, where the another one of the storage modules is operated in the withdrawal mode; and including the overflow mail items emptied from the another one of the storage modules in the emptying step in a sorting process of the second sorting pass.