Patent ID: 7197376

Claim:
A method of delivering articles to predetermined delivery locations within a mail processing system, comprising: loading, a first transport vehicle at a first loading point with a first article; guiding the first transport vehicle along a first delivery path towards a first delivery location; loading a second transport vehicle at a second loading point with a second article; guiding the second transport vehicle along a second delivery path towards a second delivery location; determining if the first transport vehicle delivers the first article at the first delivery location and if the second transport vehicle delivers the second article at the second delivery location; guiding the first transport vehicle to the second loading point if it delivered the first article at the first delivery location, and the second transport vehicle to the first loading point if it delivered the second article at the second delivery location, and guiding the first transport vehicle to the second delivery location if it did not deliver the first article at the first delivery location, and the second transport vehicle to the first delivery location if it did not deliver the second article at the second delivery location.