Patent ID: 8326453

Claim:
Sorting machine (SMXL) for sorting mail items according to a number of destination codes, each mail item being provided with a destination address; the sorting machine comprising: a first sorting route (S 1 , A 1 ) for sorting mail items of a first format range (L), a second sorting route (S 2 , A 2 ) for sorting mail items of a second format range (X), and an output station (U), wherein the output station comprises a number of first output positions (S 11 . . . S 16 ) for the first sorting route for receiving sorted mail items of the first format range, and a same number of second output positions (S 21 . . . S 26 ) for the second sorting route for receiving sorted mail items of the second format range, wherein each of the first output positions (S 11 . . . S 16 ) is arranged each time adjacent to one of the second output positions (S 21 . . . S 26 ) to form a combined output position of the output station (U), each combined output position of the output station therefore comprising a first output position linked to an associated second output position, wherein each combined output position is associated each time with one of the number of destination codes, and each destination code is associated with one or more destination addresses.