Patent ID: 8796576

Claim:
A sorting system for flat items of mail, comprising: a number N 1 ≧2 of parallel-connected groups of storage modules for simultaneously storing a multiplicity of items of mail; a number N 2 ≧1 of parallel mail feeders each disposed to feed to a plurality of said groups of storage modules; and a number N 3 ≧2 of parallel mail dischargers each disposed to discharge from a plurality of said groups of storage modules, a number of said storage modules in each group being equal to a number of said mail dischargers; a process controller configured to jointly store items of mail from a stream of mail in storage modules belonging to at least one group of storage modules and jointly discharge deposited items of mail from storage modules of at least one other group of storage modules simultaneous to the store items of mail from the stream of mail in storage modules belonging to the at least one group of storage modules.