Sorting system
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1. A sorting system comprising:
- an endless driving body provided with a plurality of sorting conveyors to form an endless conveying path; and
a group of receipt sections arranged to oppose the conveying path and receiving sorted articles from the sorting conveyors, wherein each of said sorting conveyors includes a group of front wheels and a group of rear wheels each extending in a transverse direction, and a plurality of endless turning bodies wound around wheels opposed to each other in a front-and-rear direction, each endless turning body being capable of individually turning along the conveying path; and
wherein each of the receipt sections is provided with turning force applying units for turning target endless turning bodies of a target sorting conveyor.
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A sorting conveyor is composed of a plurality of front wheels and rear wheels each extending in a transverse direction, and a plurality of endless turning bodies wound between the wheels, respectively, each pair of wheels being arranged opposite each other in a longitudinal direction. A receipt section is provided with turning force applying units for turning target endless turning bodies of a target sorting conveyor. This configuration allows one sorting conveyor to handle a plurality of sorted articles and provides a sorting system which is constituted simply and inexpensively on the whole.
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1. A sorting system comprising:
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an endless driving body provided with a plurality of sorting conveyors to form an endless conveying path; and
a group of receipt sections arranged to oppose the conveying path and receiving sorted articles from the sorting conveyors, wherein each of said sorting conveyors includes a group of front wheels and a group of rear wheels each extending in a transverse direction, and a plurality of endless turning bodies wound around wheels opposed to each other in a front-and-rear direction, each endless turning body being capable of individually turning along the conveying path; and
wherein each of the receipt sections is provided with turning force applying units for turning target endless turning bodies of a target sorting conveyor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A sorting system comprising:
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an endless driving body provided with a plurality of sorting conveyors to form an endless conveying path; and
a group of receipt sections arranged to oppose the conveying path and receiving sorted articles from the sorting conveyors, wherein each sorting conveyor comprises a front wheel, a rear wheel, and an endless turning bodies wound between both wheels and capable of freely turning in a direction of the conveying path, said sorting conveyor being supported and guided on a frame body in a cantilever manner, at least one of said wheels being movable between a position where the endless turning bodies are stretched and a position where the endless turning bodies are loosened. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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