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公开(公告)号:EP0949015A2
公开(公告)日:1999-10-13
申请号:EP99302265.6
申请日:1999-03-25
申请人: the POST OFFICE
IPC分类号: B07C3/04
CPC分类号: B07C3/082 , B07C3/04 , Y10S209/90 , Y10S209/919
摘要: A sorting system is disclosed, for example for mail items. In the disclosed system, a circulating storage system can receive items from an inlet, and deposit them in an appropriate output receptacle which has been allocated to items in a particular group. For example, the items can be sorted by destination, and each output receptacle can be allocated to a particular destination. In the event that the destination of an item has no output receptacle allocated thereto, the system controller can determine whether to allocate a receptacle, or whether to recirculate the item within the circulating storage system. This possibility allows items to be grouped together within the system, until there are sufficient items for a particular destination to allow them to be handled efficiently, and in particular allows the allocation of output receptacles to destinations to be controlled efficiently.
摘要翻译: 披露例如用于邮件的分类系统。 在所公开的系统中,循环存储系统可以从入口接收物品,并将其存放在已被分配给特定组中的物品的适当输出容器中。 例如,项目可以按目的地排序,并且每个输出插座可以分配给特定的目的地。 在物品的目的地没有分配输出容器的情况下,系统控制器可以确定是否分配容器,或者是否使物品在循环存储系统内循环。 这种可能性允许在系统内将物品分组在一起,直到有足够的物品用于特定目的地以使其能够被有效地处理,并且特别地允许将目的地的输出插座的分配有效地控制。