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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6747231 | Sorting device for flat mail items A sorting arrangement for flat items of mail, has a plurality of containers (1) which circulate in a conveying loop with at least two semicircular conveying sections (2) and are intended for laterally receiving, for transporting and for discharging in ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6575306 | Installation for sorting flat articles A sorting installation includes separate collection receptacles into which mail is sorted. The collection receptacles are automatically removed from the output stations of the installation and transported on a transport path to a peripheral transfer mecha... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6321913 | Sorting facility for flat mail items A conveyor belt (1) leading to a sorting device (2) comprises two superimposed functional sections (3, 12), which are connected to each other via deflected intermediate sections. As a result, the structural length of the conveyor belt (1) is reduced.... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6276509 | Sorting device for flat, letter-like postal items A sorting device is provided with output stations for containers along a sorting path, which containers accept the sorted unit load. A conveying path extends next to the container row, on which conveying path the empty containers are supplied and the full... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6179550 | Device for individually separating flat articles An apparatus for separating piece goods. The apparatus includes a plurality of piece goods that form a stack. The stack is supported by a stack magazine and stop. The apparatus further includes a pulling-off mechanism for separating and removing the piece... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6095315 | Sorting apparatus A sorting apparatus is provided which includes a plurality of article carriers which circulate on a conveying device. The article carriers are capable of discharging the articles in a controllable manner. Each article carrier includes a fixed wall and a m... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6068109 | Sorting arrangement, in particular for items of post A sorting apparatus is disclosed which includes a plurality of carriers which circulate from an upper section of a conveying device to a lower section of the conveying device. The carriers are secured to circulating carriages that are driven by an endless... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6042102 | Apparatus for separating and transferring flat unit loads An apparatus for separating and transferring flat unit loads such as newspapers, periodicals and other publications is disclosed. The apparatus has a means for accepting a stack of unit loads and for offering the unit loads one-by-one at a fetching positi... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5996992 | Transfer device A transfer apparatus for transferring items from a first conveying device to moving assigned item carriers carried on a second conveying device is disclosed. The item carriers and the second conveying device move in a second transporting direction which i... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5850901 | Sorting installation, in particular for mail A sorting installation, in particular for mail, comprises a plurality of conveyed item carriers, circulating on at least one conveying mechanism, for receiving, transporting and controllably delivering the conveyed items. Each conveyed item carrier has a ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5848682 | Sorting installation, in particular for mail A sorting installation comprises a plurality of conveyed item carriers, circulating on at least one conveying mechanism, for receiving, transporting and controllably delivering the conveyed items. The conveyed item carriers are fastened by pairs on circul... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5785488 | Apparatus for sorting mail and the like The apparatus comprises a magazine (M) for the acceptance of the stacked unit load and for offering the unit load in an upper fetching position (A) of the stack, a guide profile (FP) of the magazine (M) that is at least approximately L-shaped in crossection an... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5782338 | Transfer device for mail and the like A transfer device is provided which includes a rotating paddle wheel (FR) whose preferably fixedly arranged paddles (F) form pockets (Z) which receive the items (S) arriving on a first conveying device (FE1) and discharge the items onto circulating item c... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5718321 | Sorting apparatus for mail and the like The sorting apparatus includes a plurality of conveyable-article carriers (FT) which circulate on at least one conveying device (FE) and are intended for receiving, for transporting and for discharging, in a controllable manner, the conveyable articles to... | 02/17/1998 |
