Patent ID: 6762382
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B07C,B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
A sortation system, comprising:a track arrangement having a series of sort stations, wherein each sort station includes a sort station identifier, and wherein the track arrangement includes a movable drive arrangement; a series of carriers that are movable on the track arrangement via engagement with the movable drive arrangement, wherein the carriers are adapted to carry items destined to be deposited at the sort stations, and wherein each carrier includes a selectively actuable item discharge arrangement and a programmable carrier destination member that stores information corresponding to a destination sort station according to the one or items carried by the carrier; and an actuator configured to selectively operate the selectively actuable item discharge arrangement of each carrier; wherein the sort station identifiers interact with the carrier destination members to selectively operate the actuators and actuate the item discharge arrangements of the carriers to discharge the one or more items carried by each carrier at the destination sort station for the carrier.