| 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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