Patent ID: 6702106
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B07C,B65G

Abstract:
A sorter, comprising:a) a base; b) a drive; c) a conveyor for conveying a plurality of items for sorting, further comprising: i) a first edge; ii) a second edge opposite and parallel to said first edge; iii) a centerline between said first edge and said second edge; and iv) an upstream end for receiving a first portion of said plurality of items; d) a first receiver proximate to said first edge; e) a second receiver proximate to said second edge; f) a first plurality of shoes positioned laterally from said first receiver outlining a first pathway for said first plurality of shoes; g) a first diverter for diverting, singularly or serially, one or more of said first pathway shoes; h) a first lateral ingress for onloading laterally a second portion of said plurality of items onto said conveyor; i) a first rediverter proximate said first receiver for rediverting any diverted first pathway shoe toward said first pathway such that, prior to completion of said sorters's sort cycle any previously diverted first pathway shoe can be diverted a second time from said first pathway; j) a first re-crossover for returning any diverted first pathway shoe to said first pathway; k) an upstream sensor proximate to said upstream end; and l) a controller.