| 摘要 |
The invention relates to a device for code sorting postal items, comprising a continuously driven and guided main cable conveyor, and one or more feed stations, where postal items are fed to the main conveyor, coded information relative to the destinations of said postal items is recorded in a processor store, and postal items are discharged into a number of discharge positions, in accordance with coded information recorded in the processor store. The main conveyor is provided with separate clamps and holders for engagement and disengagement of a number of cassettes placed at right angles to its direction of movement, each cassette is capable of transporting one postal item in an upright position and having an open top with outwardly extending parallel side flanges, an open end, and a sloping hinged bottom. These cassettes and the main conveyor are provided with means which co-operate to remove cassettes from the main conveyor before they pass the feed station and for re-inserting them into the main conveyor after they have passed it.
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