Patent ID: 7498539

Claim:
A mail handling system for selectively sorting mail pieces comprising: a section adapted to supply mail pieces to a mail piece transport path; a track assembly comprising a track transport belt and a plurality of mail piece diverters; and a bin stacker section comprising a plurality of removable bins, each removable bin comprising: a transport assembly; a tray adapted to receive the mail pieces selectively diverted from the mail piece transport path by the corresponding diverter; a paddle assembly movable to accommodate the mail pieces received in the tray; a tray entry belt able to move diverted mail pieces into the tray; a tail removal assembly adapted to impart a moving force on an underside of the received mail pieces; and an entry associated with a corresponding mail piece diverter to allow the bin to receive mail pieces selectively diverted from the mail piece transport path by the corresponding diverter; wherein: each transport assembly for each removable bin comprises: a) a main transport motor; and b) a main transport belt driven by the main transport motor; and the mail piece transport path is formed between the track transport belt and the main transport belts of the plurality of the bin transport assemblies of the removable sort bins, the belts being configured to engage and transport mail pieces along the transport path.