Stacking unit for postal sorting machines or the like

摘要

This unit comprises a set of at least one row of stacking compartments (4) arranged on a surface (5) inclined on the horizontal, which compartments are each able to receive piles of envelopes corresponding to a given sorting destination. The unit also comprises slide means (23) which can extend through at least one slot (29) formed in at least one side wall (28) of a tray (22) for receiving a pile of envelopes, these means (23) being mounted so as to tilt about a horizontal axis between a receiving position in which a pile is received in a tray and in which the said slide means (23) extend substantially along the extension of the said support surface (5), and a position in which the tray is filled and transferred and in which the said slide means are folded back substantially horizontally. <IMAGE>