Memory type control system for mail sorting machine

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ARTICLE SORTING MACHINE OF THE TYPE WHICH FEEDS ARTICLES ONE AT A TIME FROM A SUPPLY PAST A READING STATION INTO THE SORTING MACHINE FOR TRAVEL PAST A PLURALITY OF DISCHARGE GATES; THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: INFORMATION MEMORY MEANS HAVING STORED THEREIN ARTICLE DESTINATION CODES IDENTIFYING SORTER DISCHARGE GATES AND CORRESPONDING TO NAME CODES OF RECIPIENTS OF THE ARTICLES; A CODE REGISTER AND MEANS OPERABLE FOR INSERTING IN SAID REGISTER IN THE SYSTEM NAME CODES FROM ARTICLES PASSING BY THE READING STATION, SAID NAME CODES COMPRISING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE IDENTIFICATION DATA OF INTENDED RECIPIENTS THEREOF APPEARING ON THE ARTICLES; MEANS FOR EXTRACTING FROM SAID MEMORY MEANS THE ARTICLE DESTINATION CODE CORRESPONDING TO EACH REGISTERED NAME CODE; AND MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING THE ARTICLE DESTINATION CODE TO CONTROL THE SORTING MACHINE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CORRESPONDING ARTICLE IS FED INTO THE SORTING MACHINE.