Patent ID: 11883855
Assignee: AIRBORNE INTERNATIONAL B.V.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 21:
22. A ply sorting device, comprising a picker and a buffer, wherein the picker is arranged to pick planar plies of cut fiber material and move them to the buffer, and wherein the buffer comprises a plurality of planar supports having a surface area greater than a footprint of a planar pile to be received on one of the plurality of planar supports, the planar supports being interspaced perpendicular to their plane and wherein the supports are arranged to move perpendicular to their plane, each support being further arranged to receive plies from the picker and to support the plies in planar orientation, wherein the planar supports are arranged movable only perpendicular to their plane relative to each other to receive the plies, wherein the supports are arranged to be moved perpendicular to their plane from a storage position in which they have a covering arrangement of a select support that prevents receiving of plies, to a receiving position with supports above the select support spaced perpendicular relative to the plane of the select support that allows receiving of plies by the select support.