Patent ID: 9731327
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B07C,B65G

Claim:
1. A sorting device for sorting objects, the sorting device comprising: an input conveyor device having a multiplicity of input storage devices movably disposed in an input conveying direction; a loading station configured for loading said input storage devices with an object in each case; an output conveyor device having a multiplicity of output storage devices movably disposed in an output conveying direction; a sorting end point for accommodating objects; a first transfer region, in which said input conveyor devices and said output conveyor devices are arranged to enable objects to be transferred from said input storage devices into said output storage devices; a second transfer region, separate from the first transfer region, in which said output conveyor device and said sorting end point are arranged to enable objects to be transferred from said output storage devices to said sorting end point; a further sorting end point disposed in said second transfer region; and a control device for controlling a transfer of the objects from said input conveyor devices to said output conveyor devices and from said output conveyor devices to said sorting end points, said control device being configured to control the transfer of the objects to said output storage devices of said output conveyor device to cause the objects to be output to said sorting end point and to said further sorting end point in a plurality of mutually different partial sequences.