Patent ID: 8931616
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A46D,B07C

Abstract:
1. A sorting apparatus for sorting mixtures of individual elements, comprising: at least one control unit; sorting units in which the individual elements can be sorted in accordance with at least one characterizing feature of the individual elements; at least one conveyor belt; at least one buffer-storage unit, which has at least two movable storage elements and which is intended for the interim storage of individual elements, and at least one handling unit, which comprises at least two handling elements for handling the individual elements, wherein the at least one control unit controls, for sorting purposes, exchanging an individual element of a sorting unit for an individual element, with a different characterizing feature which complies with selection criteria stored in the at least one control unit, from the at least one buffer-storage unit, and wherein the at least two handling elements of the at least one handling unit are coupled to one another mechanically.