Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for sorting residual letters and flats to carrier route segments using two passes on a machine with intermediate staging
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Application No.: US15587686Application Date: 2017-05-05
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Publication No.: US10717112B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Scott R. Bombaugh , Thomas J. Foti , David E. Loyd , Sarvang D. Shah
- Applicant: United States Postal Service
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: United States Postal Service
- Current Assignee: United States Postal Service
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: B07C3/02
- IPC: B07C3/02 ; B07C3/00 ; B07C3/14

Abstract:
Embodiments of a system and method for sorting and delivering articles in a processing facility. Delivery endpoints are divided and grouped into stop groups. A first sorter sorts items according to stop group and outputs the items to trays. The output trays from the first sorter are loaded to a second sorter. The second sorter sorts items for each stop group into trays based on carrier route segments. A manifest is created that comprises a list of the items in a tray. A mobile computing device alerts a delivery carrier when there is an item that needs to be delivered.
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