Method for transporting postal deliveries and a device for storing postal deliveries
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1. A method for conveying postal parcels, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a postal parcel is intended for an electronic parcel compartment system;
determining whether several postal parcels are to be delivered to the same parcel compartment system;
placing the determined postal parcels into shared transportation containers that are each intended for the same parcel compartment system;
controllably transporting, at least over certain segments and at least partially in tunnel systems, the shared transportation containers to the electronic parcel compartment system by at least one of remote control and a computer program; and
,distributing the postal parcels among different parcel compartments of the electronic parcel compartment system.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a method and device for transporting and sorting postal deliveries. The method includes verifying whether postal deliveries are to be delivered to an electronic parcel compartment system. Furthermore, the method includes determining whether several of the postal deliveries are to be delivered to the same electronic parcel compartment system. Still further, the method includes common transportation and subsequent distribution to individual parcel compartments of postal deliveries to the same electronic parcel compartment system, for at least a part of the transport route.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for conveying postal parcels, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining whether a postal parcel is intended for an electronic parcel compartment system; determining whether several postal parcels are to be delivered to the same parcel compartment system; placing the determined postal parcels into shared transportation containers that are each intended for the same parcel compartment system; controllably transporting, at least over certain segments and at least partially in tunnel systems, the shared transportation containers to the electronic parcel compartment system by at least one of remote control and a computer program; and
,distributing the postal parcels among different parcel compartments of the electronic parcel compartment system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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