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Semi-automated integrated sort system

  • US 5,794,789 A
  • Filed: 12/13/1995
  • Issued: 08/18/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A package sort system comprising:

  • a sorter input work station from which packages in a package stream are supplied to a sorter person;

    a plurality of manual ports adjacent the sorter input work station for the sorter person to manually insert packages from the sorter input work station for further processing;

    a plurality of gates, each associated with at least a corresponding one or more of the manual ports, the gates individually movable between a closed position blocking access to corresponding manual ports and an open position allowing access to corresponding manual ports; and

    a computer holding destination information relative to intended destinations of packages in the package stream at the sorter input work station, the computer operably connected to the plurality of gates for allowing access to a particular manual port based on the destination information for a particular package being manually sorted by the sorter person at a given time such that the sorter person may manually insert that package in particular manual port.

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