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Network controlled sorter conveyor

  • US 20050159837A1
  • Filed: 12/11/2002
  • Published: 07/21/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sorter conveyor comprising:

  • a plurality of conveyor units each having article-supporting means and discharge means for discharging articles therefrom, a data communication network adapted to control the plurality of discharge means, data receiving means connected to the data communication network and adapted to receive control data for controlling the operation of the discharge means, conveying means for conveying the plurality of conveyor units, the data communication network as well as the data receiving means along a track part of the sorter conveyor, stationary data transmission means adapted to transmit control data to the data receiving means, and a plurality of control units conveyed by means of the conveying means and adapted to control the operation of the discharge means of the plurality of conveyor units, so that each discharge means is connected to a control unit, each of the plurality of control units being connected to the data communication network which is adapted for transmitting control data to each of the control units and each control unit comprising a data receiving means, wherein the control units are adapted to be in a master state for receiving data by means of the receiving means and for distributing said data by the network when their data receiving means are in a data transmission position with the data transmission means, and to be in a slave state for receiving data by the network only in other positions.

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