Patent ID: 7080739

Claim:
A postal sorting machine ( 1 ) having sort outlets ( 7 ) distributed in one or more horizontal rows ( 6 a , 6 b ) that are superposed and parallel, wherein a bin transfer structure ( 3 ) is disposed along said rows ( 6 a , 6 b ) of sort outlets ( 7 ), said transfer structure ( 3 ) comprising one or more superposed bin conveyors ( 9 ) extending parallel to respective rows ( 6 a , 6 b ) of sort outlets, and one or more superposed gangways ( 10 ; 10 ′, 10 ″) that are movable along the rows ( 6 a , 6 b ) of sort outlets ( 7 ), each extending between a row ( 6 a , 6 b ) of sort outlets ( 7 ) and a corresponding bin conveyor ( 9 ) to enable at least one storage bin ( 4 ) to be transferred from a sort outlet ( 7 ) to a corresponding bin conveyor ( 9 ) said superposed gangways being offset from one another in a vertical plane extending transversely to the rows of sort outlets.