Patent ID: 6946612

Claim:
A mail sequencing system, comprising: a mail supplying unit for reading mail information; a sorting unit comprising a plurality of sorting bins a tray supplying unit for supplying trays to said plurality of sorting bins; a mail carrying unit for carrying mail from said mail supplying unit to a sorting bin of said plurality of sorting bins based on said mail information of the carried mail, and deposit the carried mail on a tray provided in the sorting bin; a tray storage unit for storing trays, said tray storage unit being arranged at least partially on top of at least one of said sorting unit, said mail supplying unit and said mail carrying unit; a first tray carrying unit for carrying the tray with deposited mail from the sorting unit to the tray storage unit; and a second tray carrying unit for carrying the tray with deposited mail from the tray storage unit to said mail supplying unit, wherein the mail deposited on the tray may be resupplied to said mail supplying unit.