Apparatus and method for sorting flat articles

• US 3,261,464 A
• Filed: 06/26/1964
• Issued: 07/19/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Maurice M. Levy
• Original Assignee: Maurice M. Levy
• Inventors: Levy, Maurice M.
• Application Number:
  US04/384,570
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• US Class Current: 209/552
• CPC Class Codes: B07C 3/085 making use of transport holders in the form of clamps or grips cable post B65G
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 209/90 Sorting flat-type mail
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 209/912 Endless feed conveyor with means for holding each item individually
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 209/933 Accumulation receiving separated items

Claims

4. A METHOD OF ARRANGING A BODY OF FLAT ARTICLES IN DESIRED ORDER, EACH SAID ARTICLE BEARING A CODE DESIGNATION, SAID METHOD COMPRISING:

(1) FEEDING SAID ARTICLES INTO A SORTER TO DELIVER SAID ARTICLES INDIVIDUALLY TO SELECTED ACCUMULATORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID CODE DESIGNATIONS TO FORM IN EACH SAID ACCUMUALATOR A BATCH OF SAID ARTICLES, (11) THEN MOVING SAID ACCUMULATORS SEQUENTIALLY TO A STACKER AND THEN SEQUENTIALLY TRANSFERRING EACH SAID BATCH TO SAID STACKER AS ITS ASSOCIATED ACCUMULATOR COMES INTO REGISTER WITH SAID STACKER TO FORM IN SAID STACKER A STACK OF SAID ARTICLES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCE OF BATCHES AND TO EMPTY SAID ACCUMULATORS FOR A SECOND SORT.