Abstract: A manually operated mail sorting station is disclosed which includes a case having numerous bins in which sorted mail will be placed. The mail to be sorted typically includes articles rejected, for example, from high speed mail sorting machines. The mail sorting station includes a scanner that reads an address printed on the pieces of unsorted mail. The scanner includes a communications interface over which the scanner sends signals during operation. A computer for the mail sorting station is also provided and is connected to the communications interface of the scanner. The computer further includes a program responsive to the signals transmitted by the scanner on the communications interface. The program generally includes instructions that translate the signals into an internal address representation (for example, translating the signals sent by the scanner to a sequence of letters and numbers representing an address).

Abstract: A manually operated mail sorting station includes a case having numerous bins in which sorted mail will be placed. The mail sorting station also includes a scanner that reads an address printed on the pieces of unsorted mail. The scanner includes a communications interface over which the scanner sends signals during operation. A computer for the mail sorting station is connected to the communications interface of the scanner. The computer further includes a program responsive to the signals transmitted by the scanner on the communications interface. The program defines or stores a scheme representing an assignment of addresses to bins in the sorting case, a separate assignment of bins to locations in the sorting case, as well as instructions that match the internal address representation against the scheme to select one of the bins as the correct bin for the piece of unsorted mail. The bins include at least one region bin indicative of an airport or a city or state remote from the sorting station.

Abstract: A manually operated mail sorting station includes a case having numerous bins in which sorted mail will be placed. The mail sorting station includes a feeder belt system with a feeder belt a motor driving the feeder belt, and an interface port. A scanner reads an address printed on the pieces of unsorted mail. The scanner includes a communications interface connected to the interface port over which the scanner sends signals during operation. A computer for the mail sorting station is also provided and is connected to the interface port with the scanner. The computer further includes a program responsive to the signals transmitted by the scanner on the communications interface.

Abstract: A manually operated mail sorting station sorts pieces of unsorted mail into numerous bins in a case for holding sorted mail. The mail sorting station includes a scanner for reading an address from a piece of unsorted mail and the scanner includes a communication interface. The mail sorting station also includes a computer connected to the communication interface. The computer includes a program responsive to the address transmitted by the scanner over the communication interface. The program includes instructions that store the address in memory, a scheme representing an assignment of addresses to bins in the case, wherein the assignment maps addresses to individual postal delivery routes for Postal Service carriers in a predetermined city section, the individual delivery routes assigned at least one bin in the case, and instructions that match the address against the scheme to select one of the bins in the case as a matched bin for the piece of unsorted mail.