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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. The program also defines or stores a scheme representing an assignment of addresses to bins in the sorting case, an updatable case configuration that specifies locations of bins in the 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.

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