Method and Device for Sorting Flat Mail Items
First Claim
1. A method for sorting flat mail items with a sorting device having at least a first and a second segment, each of the segments having at least N storage modules, which comprises the steps of:
- carrying out a first sorting pass in the first segment; and
subsequently carrying out a second sorting pass in the second segment, with overflow items, which are assigned to a storage module that has been closed because it is full, being deposited into one of the other storage modules in the first sorting pass and being included in a sorting process of the second sorting pass.
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Abstract
A method is specified for sorting flat mail items, which allows sorting according to delivery order to be carried out swiftly and reliably. With the method a first sorting pass is carried out in a first segment with at least N storage modules of a sorting device and a second sorting pass is then carried out in a second segment with at least N storage modules of the sorting device. The overflow items, which are assigned to a storage module that has been closed because it is full, are deposited into one of the other storage modules in the first sorting pass and are included in the sorting process of the second sorting pass.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for sorting flat mail items with a sorting device having at least a first and a second segment, each of the segments having at least N storage modules, which comprises the steps of:
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carrying out a first sorting pass in the first segment; and subsequently carrying out a second sorting pass in the second segment, with overflow items, which are assigned to a storage module that has been closed because it is full, being deposited into one of the other storage modules in the first sorting pass and being included in a sorting process of the second sorting pass. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device for sorting flat mail items, the device comprising:
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a sorting device; at least first and second segments, each of said first and second segments having at least N storage modules; and a process device for controlling a first sorting pass in said first segment and a subsequent second sorting pass in said second segment, said process device controlling a depositing of overflow mail items assigned to one of said storage modules that has been closed because it is full into another one said storage modules in the first sorting pass and for controlling a subsequent inclusion of the overflow mail items in the sorting process of the second sorting pass. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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