Method and apparatus for sorting of mail items with the use of buffer containers in the case of the sorting outputs

摘要

The device to be sorted objects, in particular articles of mail, comprises a conveyor (1), which directs the objects to be sorted into the sorting output receptacles (7) associated with the corresponding sorting outlets, and where the objects sorted are stored. A buffer receptacle (11) is arranged to each sorting outlet. Each buffer receptacle (11) has a base (12) and makes it possible to temporarily storing objects sorted before being transferred in a sorting output receptacle and / or during the sorting output receptacle is replaced by an empty receptacle. Thanks to these buffer receptacles, the flow rate of the sorting device can be kept constant during the replacement of the sorting output receptacles