Patent ID: 7855349
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically sorting a plurality of articles according to a feature by a sorting installation including a measuring device and a plurality of dispensing containers, comprising: each article passes through the sorting installation at least twice, during a first passage of each of the plurality of articles: inscribing a separating element with an identification mark for each determined value; during each passage: during each passage, each of the plurality of articles are ejected into one of the plurality of dispensing containers based on the determined value; during the last passage, ejecting the separating element and at least a portion of the plurality of articles such that for each of the plurality of dispensing containers, which includes at least one of the plurality of articles, all of the plurality of articles with the same value are arranged directly behind one another followed by the separating element with the identification mark for the respective value, wherein the ejected articles after each passage, apart from the last passage, are supplied again to the sorting installation.