METHOD AND MECHANISM TO AUTOMATE MAIL SWEEPING
First Claim
1. A mail sortation and transportation system, comprising:
- a mail sorter comprising an output pocket, wherein the mail sorter is configured to receive mail product and to sort at least a portion of the mail product into the output pocket;
a drawer system comprising a drawer that is moveable relative to a storage rack, wherein the drawer is extendable from the storage rack to a position proximate the output pocket of the mail sorter such that the mail product in the output pocket can be swept from the output pocket to the drawer without the mail product falling through a gap between the output pocket and the drawer.
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Abstract
Presently disclosed embodiments are directed to a process and mechanism for reducing human error and manual labor used to sweep pockets on a mail sorting machine. Specifically, the disclosed embodiments utilize a sliding drawer holding a receiving container that can mate in a flush arrangement with an output pocket of a mail sorting machine. Thus, sweeping of mail product from the output pocket to the receiving container can be accomplished in one motion that empties the entire output pocket into the receiving container. This sweeping may be performed by an operator without any errors caused by sweeping to an incorrect receiving container or issues caused by dropping sorted mail product and picking it back up in a different order.
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20 Claims
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1. A mail sortation and transportation system, comprising:
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a mail sorter comprising an output pocket, wherein the mail sorter is configured to receive mail product and to sort at least a portion of the mail product into the output pocket; a drawer system comprising a drawer that is moveable relative to a storage rack, wherein the drawer is extendable from the storage rack to a position proximate the output pocket of the mail sorter such that the mail product in the output pocket can be swept from the output pocket to the drawer without the mail product falling through a gap between the output pocket and the drawer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mail sortation and transportation system, comprising:
a drawer system comprising a storage rack and a plurality of drawers that are moveable relative to the storage rack, wherein each of the plurality of drawers is extendable from the storage rack to a position proximate a corresponding one of a plurality of output pockets of a mail sorter configured to receive mail product and to sort the mail product into at least one of the plurality of output pockets, wherein the plurality of drawers have a one to one mapping with the plurality of output pockets. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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