Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sorting device and method
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Application No.: US16347135Application Date: 2017-11-08
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Publication No.: US11376637B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Jacobus Johannes Adrianus de Bruijn , Willem Dagobert Stronkhorst
- Applicant: Optimus Sorter Holding B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Beuningen
- Assignee: Optimus Sorter Holding B.V.
- Current Assignee: Optimus Sorter Holding B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Beuningen
- Agency: Shewchuk IP Services, LLC
- Agent Jeffrey D. Shewchuk
- Priority: NL2017747 20161108
- International Application: PCT/NL2017/050724 WO 20171108
- International Announcement: WO2018/088899 WO 20180517
- Main IPC: B07C5/36
- IPC: B07C5/36 ; B07C5/34 ; B65G47/244 ; B65G47/96

Abstract:
A sorting device (1) for loading, conveying and discharging objects (9), the sorting device (1) comprising: trays (2) each intended for carrying an object (9) in a conveyance direction (T) from a loading position (L) to a discharge position (D), a drive system (6) for conveying the trays (2) along a path (26), a pusher arm (5) arranged on the tray (2) for by means of pushing away, discharging an object (9) present on the tray (2), wherein pushing away takes place substantially transverse to the conveyance direction (T) of the tray (2), a scanning device (3) arranged along the path (26) at a scanning position (30) downstream the loading position (L), and arranged for scanning the object (9) during conveyance at the scanning position (30), a labelling device (4) arranged along the path (26) at a labelling position (40) downstream the scanning position (30), and arranged to compose a label based on the object (9) scanned by the scanning device (3), and to affix the label during conveyance on the object (9) based on the scanned object (9) present on the tray (2).
Public/Granted literature
- US20200055094A1 Sorting Device And Method Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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