Patent ID: 6888084
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of sorting items of mail by means of sorting machines with sorting endpoints, which comprise sorting bins ( 14 ) or replaceable containers ( 16 ), in multiple sorting passes, the surface of the item of mail with a distribution address being recorded and read during each first sorting pass, characterized in that during the first sorting pass, characteristic features of the item of mail or features of the address are additionally determined for each item of mail as a defined character feature set of features for distinguishing at least n items of mail, where n=a maximum multiple delivery rate, when a defined level is reached in each sorting endpoint, the container ( for each item of mail, an order of reading ta distribution address, the associated sorting endpoint number and/or the number of the container ( in a second and each further sorting pass, the items of mail from each container (