Sorting installation for articles having different destinations

摘要

The present invents relates to a sorting installation for articles having different destinations, especially letters. The installation comprises n sorting machines connected to a common conveyor. Each machine comprises pigeonholes associated with pi of the N possible destinations. The articles introduced at the input of the machine and not corresponding to one of the pi destinations are directed towards the storage regions, each region corresponding to the destinations associated with the other n-1 sorting machines to which the articles are periodically transferred.