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Sorting system

  • US 6,732,849 B2
  • Filed: 09/27/2002
  • Issued: 05/11/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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