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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110768 | Method for sorting postal items and data structure for a sorting plan There is provided a method and system for sorting mailpieces in which a mailpiece is diverted into a sorting compartment of a sorting machine as a function of a sorting code associated with the mailpiece, where several sorting code ranges are each associated with a ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8080758 | Method for sorting object, and sorting plant for carrying out said method To sort objects, an object is transferred onto a transport device of a sorting plant, and conveyed in accordance with predetermined sort criteria from the transport device to one of a number of outputs of the sorting plant. At the output, the object is transferred t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8063332 | Mail piece consolidation and accountability using advanced tracking methods Mail processing methods and techniques for sorting and commingling mail from various mail sources including the tracking of the mail pieces through the processing. Such tracking entails uniquely identifying each mail piece, received in batches from the mail sources,... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063331 | Method and system for sequentially ordering objects using a single pass delivery point process A method and system using a single pass sequencer having a transport system for transporting the mail pieces to a transport system having a moveable carriage system and a stationary carriage system with a plurality of holders slidable between the moveable carriage s... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8035053 | Sorting installation and sorting method for letters and large letters A sorting installation for letters of a first kind and letters of a second kind includes circulating stacking locations for receiving the letters of the first kind delivered in any desired sequence, and circulating end locations ordered by destination addresses. A f... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8022329 | System and method for full escort mixed mail sorter using mail clamps A sorting system accepts a group of mail pieces at a loading station, sorts them, and then moves them to an unloading station. The system includes a reader for retrieving delivery information associated with each mail piece, and also includes clamps dimensioned for ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013267 | Macro sorting system and method A system and method for feeding and sorting mail pieces, and for moving the mail pieces to sorter bins according to delivery information on the mail pieces, includes a plurality of feeders, and a plurality of sorters configured to receive and sort the mail pieces fr... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8003910 | Mail delivery system and method The invention provides a method for preparing mail for delivery by first sorting mail to carrier delivery order to create a series of batches of mail for delivery to respective recipients, then packaging the batches of mail in mail holders. Application of computer-i... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999206 | Method and system for sorting of extended capability mail A method for sorting flat mail pieces includes the steps of; sorting automation letters on the first pass of a two pass operation, then sorting extended capability letters after all automation mail has been sorted on pass one of a two pass operation. A control syste... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7985939 | Method of sorting postal items in flip/flop mode A method of sorting postal items for preparing postman's walks on a postal sorting machine having an inlet and a set of sorting outlets includes loading a first batch of postal items and a second batch of postal items consecutively into the inlet of the machine, and... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982156 | Delivery point sequencing mail sorting system with flat mail capability A method and apparatus for sorting articles to a delivery point sequence includes at least one article sorter adapted to sort articles and a conveying system operable to arrange and convey containers of articles sorted in a first sort pass to an induct of the articl... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7960668 | Method and device for sorting postal items A method and device for sorting postal items according to formats, wherein postal items having at least two formats are fed by first conveyor to a sorting location; postal items of a first format are removed from the first conveyor in the area of the sorting locatio... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7947916 | Mail sorter system and method for moving trays of mail to dispatch in delivery order A sorter, method, and software product are provided for sorting mail pieces. The mail pieces are fed into a sorter, sorted, and then deposited into mail trays. The mail trays are then moved from the deposit area to a dispatch area, in the order they will be loaded i... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7943879 | Method for sorting unaddressed mail items In a method for sorting mail items which are unaddressed and held in a number of batches each batch is obtained and registered by recording at least one graphical feature of a mail item which uniquely describes the batch (i.e. clearly identifies the batch from other... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943880 | Operations for product processing An operational process for product distribution includes grouping product into groups when the product is in a first sort level and sorting the groups of product, in a first pass operation, to a second level sort. The method further includes sequencing the second le... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7928336 | Clamp for mixed mail sorter A clamp is designed for accepting a mail piece at a loading station, and for releasably holding the mail piece while the mail piece is moved to an unloading station via a sorting system. The clamp is manipulated in the sorting system, instead of manipulating the mai... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923655 | Sorting method and system with dynamically re-allocated sortation bins A sorter system includes a plurality of sortation bins with a feed path connected to the plurality of sortation bins for transporting media items to destination sortation bins. A controller is connected to control the plurality of sortation bins and is operable duri... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7888616 | Post processing system and method An apparatus for arranging flat mail items into a sequence of delivery points has a singling device having a device for determining address information located on the mail items. A temporary storage device has pouches that open downward and are connected to a circul... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7880110 | Operations for product processing An operational process for product distribution includes grouping product into groups when the product is in a first sort level and sorting the groups of product, in a first pass operation, to a second level sort. The method further includes sequencing the second le... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868264 | System and process for reducing number of stops on delivery route by identification of standard class mail A system and method are disclosed for sorting mail pieces that may include both standard and higher class mail. The mail pieces are for delivery to various addresses, and the present invention postpones delivery to some addresses if those addresses are receiving ins... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7858894 | One-pass carrier delivery sequence sorter A mail sorting device and method (FIG. 1) comprising a reader (20, 24), a plurality of holders (28) for receiving mail in a generally vertical orientation, and a sorter (26), wherein mail pieces held by said holders are sorted according t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7855349 | Process and device for sorting of goods A sorting installation uses predetermined separating elements which may be differentiated from the articles. The sorting installation ejects the articles as well as the separating elements into the dispensing containers such that after ejection the articles and sepa... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855348 | Multiple illumination sources to level spectral response for machine vision camera In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a camera and a group of light emitting diodes configured and arranged to illuminate an object imaged by the camera. The group of LEDs comprises at least one first LED of a first type that emits light with a first spectrum pr... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7847206 | Mailpiece reject processing with window inserts Improvements are disclosed for further processing of a mail piece initially rejected from an automatic sorting machine. In the case of a window envelope, the envelope is rotated or inverted, shaken, and rotated to reposition the insert. Address recognition is repeat... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7834289 | Mail processing system for address change service Systems and methods are disclosed for processing a mailing including one or more mail pieces. The exemplary systems and method include capturing address data, addressee data, or address and addressee data associated with each respective mail piece of the mailing. A ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7816617 | Configurable intelligent conveyor system and method A method includes deducting selected ones of a plurality of products from a first sorting and/or sequencing system to a conveying system, and determining data including at least one of: a predicted position of each of the selected ones of the plurality of products w... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7781693 | Method and system for sorting incoming mail A method and system for sorting mailpieces in a single pass is provided. The system consists of a mail feeding unit, a mail scanner and a mail distribution unit having a number of receiving bins. Mailpieces are fed into the system one at a time through the scanner t... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777148 | Device for presorting separated thin postal items A device for presorting separated thin postal items to sorting final position areas of a postal item sorting machine according to the read distributing information and to the assigned sorting final position area includes at least two inputs for streams of postal ite... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7767925 | System and method for automated document processing A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. A stack of mail is placed in an input bin in a feeder module. A feeder serially feeds the envelopes into a transport path. The envelopes are then examined to determine if the contents are qualified for extracti... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7745754 | Apparatus, method and program product for processing mail or documents using a mail or document processing device Disclosed is a method for processing a stream of mail pieces from different sources. The steps include detecting information corresponding to the first source from at least a first mail piece of the stream, detecting information corresponding to the second source fr... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7745755 | Method of processing postal articles for making up and separating delivery rounds The method of handling mail items for preparing delivery rounds in a postal sorting machine having sorting outlets with interchangeable trays, in which in order to separate the mail items of two delivery rounds at one sorting outlet, the machine causes a tray to be ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7741575 | Mail piece consolidation and accountability using advanced tracking methods Mail processing methods and techniques for sorting and commingling mail from various mail sources including the tracking of the mail pieces through processing. Such tracking entails uniquely identifying each mail piece, received in batches from the mail sources, and... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7737378 | Sorting system having storage modules for flat mail items with last-in/first-out operation and improved address assignment A sorting system for flat mail items includes a process controller and at least three storage modules connected in a parallel arrangement. Each of the at least three storage modules has a storage area and an infeed function to transfer mail items from a mail item st... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728246 | Delivery point sequencer and method of use Device for sequencing disparate products, includes at least a first feeder mechanism feeding a first separate stream of a first product type in a pre-sequenced order. At least a second feeder mechanism feeds a second separate stream of second product type though a s... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7728245 | Multi-machine mail sorting system A sorting system using multiple sorters operating as part of a single, multi-sorting machine unified system. The system according to the invention includes a plurality of input sections capable of operating in parallel, each including a feeder that takes in mail pie... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7723633 | Sequencing system and method of use A system and method that sequences product to increase machine throughput. A plurality of input feeding devices each randomly receives products from a stream of product. A plurality of output groups corresponding to the plurality of input feeding devices are provide... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7683285 | Method of sorting flat mail items A sorting device has at least one mail item buffer receptacle, a number of storage pockets for mail items arranged one after another and circulating continuously in a conveyor belt and moved past one or more loading stations. Below straight transfer sections of the ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7683284 | Sorting device for flat mail items The sorting device according to the present invention has at least one mail item buffer receptacle, a number of storage pockets for mail items arranged one after another and circulating continuously in a conveyor belt and moved past one or more loading stations. Bel... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7683283 | Delivery point merge and packaging device and method of use A device and method for merging pre-sequenced products includes at least a first and a second feeder mechanism. The first feeder mechanism feeds a stream of first pre-sequenced product and the second feeder mechanism feeds a stream of second pre-sequenced product. A... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7674995 | Method of processing postal items including management of digital fingerprints of the postal items The invention concerns a method for processing postal packets including managing digital impressions of the postal packets. In a method for processing postal packets, during a preliminary sorting of the packets, a digital image of a packet comprising an address info... | 03/09/2010 |
