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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SORTING WITH A MOVABLE HOLDING DEVICE

  • US 20120051874A1
  • Filed: 08/26/2011
  • Published: 03/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for sorting stackable articles in accordance with a predefined sort feature, the apparatus comprising:

  • a sorting system including a measuring instrument and a discharge device, said discharge device having at least two discharge sites, said measuring instrument being configured to measure, for each of the stackable articles to be sorted, a value which the sort feature assumes for the article;

    at least two receiving units;

    at least one movable holding device including a rack and at least two bays each configured to receive a respective said receiving unit, and said holding device being movable into a discharge position with respect to said discharge device;

    each said receiving unit being configured to receive a respective stack of articles to be sorted;

    each said discharge site of said discharge device having a corresponding bay of each said holding device assigned thereto;

    said discharge device being configured to select for each article to be sorted, in dependence on the sort feature value measured for the article, in each case precisely one said discharge site, and to respectively generate in each said receiving unit a stack of articles to be sorted;

    said discharge device further being configured to then transport each article to be sorted to the selected discharge site and discharge the article from the selected discharge site directly into a given receiving unit, when said receiving unit, in the course of the discharge, is received by a bay of said holding device, with said holding device being in the discharge position, so that a stack of articles is respectively generated in each said receiving unit;

    wherein said receiving bay is the corresponding said bay assigned to said discharge site selected by said discharge device for the respective article;

    whereupon said holding device is transferred into the removal position such that said receiving units may be taken from said bays of said holding device located in the removal position.

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