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;
each of the receipt sections is provided with turning force applying units for turning endless turning bodies of a target sorting conveyor; and
the sorting conveyor includes passive wheels linked with one of the group of front wheels and the group of rear wheels, and the turning force applying units are movable toward or away from target passive wheels to be engageable therewith, so that the passive wheels are rotated by movement force exerted alone the conveying path of the sorting conveyor.
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Abstract
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;
each of the receipt sections is provided with turning force applying units for turning endless turning bodies of a target sorting conveyor; and
the sorting conveyor includes passive wheels linked with one of the group of front wheels and the group of rear wheels, and the turning force applying units are movable toward or away from target passive wheels to be engageable therewith, so that the passive wheels are rotated by movement force exerted alone the conveying path of the sorting conveyor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. 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) a position where the endless turning bodies are stretched, and (b) a position where the endless turning bodies are loosened, thereby enabling the endless turning bodies to be drawn out opposite to the frame body. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. 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 said sorting conveyers are mounted on the endless driving body to be freely inclined around a horizontal axis lying at a right angle to the conveying path, 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 each of the receipt sections is provided with turning force applying units for turning endless turning bodies of a target sorting conveyor.
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