Patent ID: 8434612

Claim:
A postal sorting machine having an inlet ( 2 ) and sorting outlets ( 3 a , 3 b , 3 c ) in which mailpieces are accumulated after being circulated from said inlet ( 2 ), said sorting outlets being disposed in line along a certain longitudinal axis (D), said postal sorting machine being characterized in that it further includes a recirculation device ( 4 ) for recirculating the mailpieces stored in the sorting outlets to said inlet ( 2 ), this device comprising a belt ( 40 ) mounted to move along said longitudinal axis (D) and along the sorting outlets up to said inlet ( 2 ) and to which cleats ( 41 , 42 ) are fastened to define a succession of compartments ( 4 a , 4 b , 4 c ), each compartment ( 4 a , 4 b , 4 c ) having a width along said longitudinal axis (D) equivalent to the width along said longitudinal axis (D) of said sorting outlets so that said compartments ( 4 a , 4 b , 4 c ) simultaneously face respective ones of the sorting outlets, each compartment being arranged to store, on edge, mailpieces taken from a corresponding sorting outlet.