Patent ID: 7663072

Claim:
A delivery point sorting system for sorting mail pieces including delivery point identifiers comprising: a plurality of mail accumulator processing lines, including at least one processing line designated and configured for processing of letters at a first speed and at least one processing line designated for processing of flats at a second speed slower than the first speed; a mail piece extraction system; and a controller that controls said mail accumulator processing lines to accept the mail pieces and divert each of the mail pieces to a corresponding single mail piece location unit selected without regard to delivery point, said controller further controls said mail extraction system to extract the mail pieces from said single mail piece location units such that each of the mail pieces to be delivered to a common delivery point are extracted, in a single pass, to a bundle, wherein at least one single mail piece location unit has a first width configured to accommodate letters, and at least one single mail location unit has a second width configured to accommodate flats, wherein the first width is smaller than the second width.