CA2109039A1 - Postal Tray Label Apparatus and Method - Google Patents

Postal Tray Label Apparatus and Method

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CA2109039A1
CA2109039A1 CA2109039A CA2109039A CA2109039A1 CA 2109039 A1 CA2109039 A1 CA 2109039A1 CA 2109039 A CA2109039 A CA 2109039A CA 2109039 A CA2109039 A CA 2109039A CA 2109039 A1 CA2109039 A1 CA 2109039A1
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Prior art keywords
mail
tray
label
bin
tray label
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CA2109039A
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CA2109039C (en
Inventor
Ronald P. Sansone
Robert P. Kemper
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Ronald P. Sansone
Robert P. Kemper
Pitney Bowes Inc.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/18—Devices or arrangements for indicating destination, e.g. by code marks
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/90—Sorting flat-type mail

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing labels that are to be inserted into mail trays. A label printer is integrated into a mail sorting machine. Upon a specific bin of the mail sorting machine having sufficient mail pieces to fill a mail tray, the label printer prints a tray label for the mail in such bin. This tray label has printed thereon the zip code to which the mail is to be sent and the bin number in which the mail pieces are located. Upon the printing of such tray label, it is be conveyed by the mail sorter to the appropriate bin and is immediately available to the clerk for insertion into a mail tray.
CA002109039A 1992-10-28 1993-10-22 Postal tray label apparatus and method Expired - Fee Related CA2109039C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US967,333 1992-10-28
US07/967,333 US5292008A (en) 1992-10-28 1992-10-28 Postal tray label apparatus and method

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CA2109039A1 true CA2109039A1 (en) 1994-04-29
CA2109039C CA2109039C (en) 1998-10-27

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US (1) US5292008A (en)
EP (1) EP0595596B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2109039C (en)
DE (1) DE69324994T2 (en)

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DE69324994D1 (en) 1999-06-24
CA2109039C (en) 1998-10-27
EP0595596B1 (en) 1999-05-19
DE69324994T2 (en) 1999-10-28
EP0595596A2 (en) 1994-05-04
EP0595596A3 (en) 1995-08-09
US5292008A (en) 1994-03-08

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