Sorting machine
First Claim
1. Sorting machine comprising at least two injectors through which objects to be sorted enter the machine, a set of parallel sorting lines, routing stages adapted to link the outlet from each injector to the inlet of each sorting line, respective control means disposed between each injector and said routing stages adapted to sense a destination marker on each object from the respective injector, to designate the sorting line for each object and to command the routing of each object to the appropriate routing stage, and dynamic storage means associated with at least one routing stage of all sorting lines to temporarily store an object from a corresponding injector when the sorting line designated for that object is the same as that designated for another object output by another injector at substantially the same time.
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Abstract
In an enhanced throughput sorting machine objects injecting by two injectors working in parallel are sorted in two sorting lines also in parallel. The machine incorporates a routing unit to direct the objects from each injector to the relevent sorting line and a dynamic storage system for halting the advance of an object when the objects injected by the two injectors are for the same sorting line.
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5 Claims
- 1. Sorting machine comprising at least two injectors through which objects to be sorted enter the machine, a set of parallel sorting lines, routing stages adapted to link the outlet from each injector to the inlet of each sorting line, respective control means disposed between each injector and said routing stages adapted to sense a destination marker on each object from the respective injector, to designate the sorting line for each object and to command the routing of each object to the appropriate routing stage, and dynamic storage means associated with at least one routing stage of all sorting lines to temporarily store an object from a corresponding injector when the sorting line designated for that object is the same as that designated for another object output by another injector at substantially the same time.
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