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Mail sorter, method, and software product for a two-step and one-pass sorting algorithm

  • US 7,820,932 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2006
  • Issued: 10/26/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of sorting objects into a sequence of destination addresses, in a single pass through a sorter, the method comprising:

  • sorting the objects, in a first stage of the single pass, into a plurality of batches wherein each of the batches corresponds to a group of the destination addresses;

    advancing the plurality of batches from the first stage to a second stage of the single pass; and

    further sorting the objects in each of the plurality of batches into the sequence of destination addresses during the second stage;

    wherein the objects are mail pieces held in clamps, and wherein the mail pieces are sorted by directly manipulating the clamps instead of by directly manipulating the mail pieces.

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