Method for sequentially ordering objects using a single pass delivery point process
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Abstract
A method using a single pass sequencer having a transport system for transporting the mail pieces to a transport system having a first carriage system and a second carriage system with a plurality of holders slidable between the first carriage system and the second carriage system with packaged output. Each of the plurality of holders holding a mail piece of the mail pieces received from the transport system. The method includes assigning a code to: (i) the mail pieces based on the destination information, (ii) the plurality of holders on the first carriage, and (iii) a position on the second carriage which corresponds to the initial sequence and a destination sequence of the mail pieces. The method instructs movement of the plurality of holders from the first carriage to the second carriage based on the code assigned to the mail pieces, the plurality of holders on the first carriage and the position on the second carriage such that when the mail pieces are moved to the second carriage they are in sequential order of delivery destination, ready to be packaged.
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A method for sorting objects based on destination point, comprising:
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reading destination information associated with the objects;
placing the objects into separate holders on a first carriage;
assigning each of the separate holders an assignment number associated with the destination information for the objects placed therein;
assigning a final sort order number to unused spaces on a second carriage;
sliding the separate holders between the first carriage and the second carriage based on an alignment of the assignment number and the final sort order number in order to sequentially order the objects based on delivery destination. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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