New Device Sorts 600 Letters A Minute
Received Mbnday, 7 b-m: "LONDON, Juiy 5. The British Post Office will1 shortly ihstal special mechanised letter sortiiig machines which are capable of sorting 600 letters a minute. The machines resemble lhirgb separators which first sort letters ahd small packages into sepafate bbhipartments. The letters then pass through a photoelectric systdrii whicii grhdbs tlibhi kficbrdihg to size hh'd runs tiiehi fhce iijj bh tb a ihoving belt rbady fbr postinafking, All that iS ribcessary fbr huihan sorters to do is to press a biitt'oh impressing an invisiblb fluofeocbrit 'cdilb mark on da'ch enyelbpfe as it passes along the Belt. Wfieh jpicked up By the ultf hvibi'et light Beam, it opefat'es a mechaniciciii Whicii autohihtically flicks the letter into the correct sorting Box. ' \
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 5
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129New Device Sorts 600 Letters A Minute Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 5
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