| 摘要 |
A device for loading, conveying, and sorting substantially flat items (FLATS), in particular mail items ( 3 ), having a number of item receptacles ( 18 ) traveling along an endless path ( 7 ) between a loading area ( 10 ), where a substantially flat item ( 3 ) is fed into each item receptacles ( 18 ), and an unloading area ( 12 ), where the substantially flat items in the item receptacles ( 18 ) are released selectively. Each item receptacle ( 18 ) has an inner cavity ( 26 ) for housing the substantially flat item ( 3 ), and which communicates with the outside through at least one rectangular elongated opening ( 30 ) positioned with its major sides substantially aligned with a first traveling direction (D). The device also has a feed device ( 50 ) for feeding the substantially flat item ( 3 ) in a second direction (F) crosswise to the first direction (D), so that the substantially flat item is fed into the inner cavity ( 26 ) through the elongated opening ( 30 ), with leading edges of the substantially flat item substantially parallel to the major sides of the elongated opening ( 30 ).
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