Patent ID: 6979793

Claim:
A mail sorting and distributing transfer system for transferring mall from a mail charging line to a mail sorting line comprising conveyor baskets, said system having a mail sorting and distributing turntable with shafts along an outer circumferential edge, and transfer baskets pivotally mounted on said shafts, said sorting line operable to position each conveyor basket under a transfer basket, said conveyor baskets and transfer baskets operable to move in parallel to and in synchronization with each other, each said transfer basket having a receipt port adapted to receive mail supplied from the mail charging line, and an openable transfer port on a bottom portion of said transfer baskets adapted to transfer the mail to an underlying conveyor basket of the mall sorting line, said system further comprising transfer timing levers, which maintain said receipt ports of transfer baskets in a state of registry with the mail charging line during the transfer of mail, each lever being associated with a transfer basket and being pivotal so that it moves the associated transfer basket about said shafts of said mail sorting and distributing turntable and maintain the receipt port of the transfer basket in registry with the mail charging line during the receipt of the mail by said transfer baskets.