Patent ID: 8459440
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An article sorting device comprising: a plurality of article support bodies overlaying between a pair of endless rotation bodies arranged along a main conveyance route, each of the article support bodies having a longitudinal direction at a right angle relative to the main conveyance route, each of the article support bodies having a mount plate portion, a first end wall and a second end wall, the first end wall extending downward from a first outboard edge of the mounting plate, the second end wall extending downward from a second outboard edge of the mounting plate opposite from the first outboard edge; and article lateral pressing bodies fitted onto the article support bodies slidably in the longitudinal direction, and guided by a branch guide member provided in a fixed direction relative to the main conveyance route, wherein sliding sections for each of the article lateral pressing bodies slidably in contact with each of the article support bodies are positioned at lower ends of the first end wall and the second end wall.