Patent ID: 11904363
Assignee: nan
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  D | IPC B  D

Claim 15:
16. A method for automatic sorting of textile items comprising the following steps:
accumulating textile items within a reception station;
picking up textile items from the reception station and transferring them to a textile items recognition station;
identifying the textile items in the textile items recognition station; and
conveying identified textile items to a sorting and separating station for textile items including several deposits for receiving different kinds of sorted textile items, wherein the step of identification of the textile items in the textile items recognition station comprises:
receiving the transferred textile items on a second conveyor belt arranged at a first height;
transferring the received textile items to a third conveyor belt located at a lower height with respect to the second conveyor belt;
identifying the textile items when arranged on said third conveyor; and
actuating the third conveyor into a feed direction towards the sorting and separating station or in a returning direction towards the reception station, depending on the result of the identification.