CA2428156A1 - System for relieving overburdened postal sorting equipment - Google Patents

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CA2428156A1
CA2428156A1 CA002428156A CA2428156A CA2428156A1 CA 2428156 A1 CA2428156 A1 CA 2428156A1 CA 002428156 A CA002428156 A CA 002428156A CA 2428156 A CA2428156 A CA 2428156A CA 2428156 A1 CA2428156 A1 CA 2428156A1
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Christopher Scott Brehm
Stanley Alan Engel
Michael Todd Mcalpin
Sandy Lee Pittman
Joseph Clay Teate
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United Parcel Service of America Inc
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Christopher Scott Brehm
Stanley Alan Engel
Michael Todd Mcalpin
Sandy Lee Pittman
Joseph Clay Teate
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y10S209/933—Accumulation receiving separated items

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Abstract

A solution is provided to the technical problem of postal sorting equipment overburdened by medium-sized batches of unsorted mail. The solution identifies and diverts such batches for processing at a separate facility before the batch is tendered to the postal service. The batches may be placed in containers that are pooled together with others for pre-sorting. The invention further provides a method and system for collecting relatively small batches of mail that, alone would not qualify for mailing at a pre-sorted postage rate and pooling them together with others for pre-sorting into a qualified batch of pre-sorted mail. The mail may be metered at a reduced program rate. The system creates a cooperative of participating mail senders working together to earn a lower effective postage rate.
CA002428156A 2000-11-06 2001-11-06 System for relieving overburdened postal sorting equipment Expired - Lifetime CA2428156C (en)

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US24630400P 2000-11-06 2000-11-06
US60/246,304 2000-11-06
PCT/US2001/047095 WO2002036274A2 (en) 2000-11-06 2001-11-06 System for relieving overburdened postal sorting equipment

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EP (1) EP1339505B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2004512934A (en)
CN (1) CN1471441A (en)
AT (1) ATE289881T1 (en)
AU (1) AU2002228875A1 (en)
CA (1) CA2428156C (en)
DE (1) DE60109192T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2237613T3 (en)
MX (1) MXPA03003990A (en)
WO (1) WO2002036274A2 (en)

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AU2002228875A1 (en) 2002-05-15
DE60109192T2 (en) 2006-04-06
WO2002036274A3 (en) 2003-01-03
CN1471441A (en) 2004-01-28
US20020053533A1 (en) 2002-05-09
DE60109192D1 (en) 2005-04-07
EP1339505B1 (en) 2005-03-02
CA2428156C (en) 2006-03-21
US20060287968A1 (en) 2006-12-21
US7522971B2 (en) 2009-04-21
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JP2004512934A (en) 2004-04-30
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