Transferring system for transferring delivery members to their destinations through computed transfer route

Claim 1

A transferring system for transferring delivery members to destinations, the system comprising: a transferring mechanism (Ml) comprising a plurality of distribution mechanisms (1a through 2e), and a plurality of transferring rails (10) for connecting neighboring distribution mechanisms with one another, each of the delivery members (36) being transferred on the transferring rails and being distributed to a selected one of the transferring rails so as to direct the delivery member to its destination; a line connecting information storage means (M2, 60,66) for storing line connecting information between the neighboring distribution mechanisms; a transfer control means (M3, S180 to S210) for controlling the transferring mechanism thereby distributing the delivery members to proper transferring rails which are capable of directing the delivery members to their destinations in accordance with a predetermined transferring rule on a basis of the line connecting information; trouble storage means (M4,60,66) for storing a troubled location in the transferring mechanism which troubled location prevents at least one of the delivery members from being further transferred; trouble judgment means (M5,S120,S220, S230,S270,S280, S290) for judging whether or not there is any troubled location on a transfer route of said at least one of the delivery members directing toward its destination, the transfer route being established in accordance with the predetermined transferring rule on the basis of the line connecting information; and new route setting means (M6,S240,S250,S260, S300,S310 S320) for providing another route to permit said at least one of the delivery members to be directed to its destination when the troubled location exists in the transfer route.