Patent ID: 9511949
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. An article sorting apparatus comprising: a conveying path; a conveyer cell which includes a belt which forms a setting surface on which an article is set, a projecting portion which projects from a surface of the belt, a plurality of rollers around which the belt is wound, and an actuator which drives the belt, and which moves on the conveying path in a first conveying direction and conveys the article set on the setting surface in a second conveying direction orthogonal to the first conveying direction of the conveying path; a loading section which transfers the article to the conveyer cell and which includes a conveying belt which conveys the article and a plurality of conveying rollers around which the conveying belt is wound; a sorting section which receives the article delivered from the conveyer cell; and a control device which, when a size of the article is smaller than a predetermined size and when the loading section transfers the article to the setting surface, controls the actuator to drive the belt such that the projecting portion passes a space between the roller of the conveyer cell and the conveying roller of the loading section which face mutually and contacts a lower surface of the article.