Patent ID: 9409725
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. A device for sorting products, the device comprising: carrier units arranged adjacent to each other; conveying means for supporting and conveying the carrier units in a conveying direction along a conveying path, each carrier unit comprising a support platform; support means for supporting the support platform; leg members supported by the conveying means, which tiltably support the support means and tilting means for tilting the support means of each carrier unit relative to each other about a tilt axis extending parallel to the conveying path, the tilting means comprising at least one cam and drive means comprising an electric motor supported by the conveying means for rotating the at least one cam relative to the leg members about an axis of rotation spaced from the at least one cam by some distance, which axis of rotation extends parallel to the tilt axis, as well as at least one camway formed by the support means, with which the at least one cam mates upon rotation of the at least one cam about the axis of rotation for tilting the support means and the associated support platform, wherein the tilt axis is located between the axis of rotation and the support platform, wherein the tilting means comprise two cams which are jointly rotatable about the axis of rotation, during which rotation on one side of a neutral position one of the cams moves along one of two camways and during which rotation on the other side of the neutral position the other one of the cams moves along the other one of the two camways.