Patent ID: 6323452
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B07C,B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
A sorting system for the automated sorting of objects comprisinga conveying device for transporting and distributing a series of objects from at least one feeding station to a plurality of unloading stations and having a plurality of designated destination areas thereon,a feeding system at said feeding station for loading objects onto said designated destination areas of said conveying device,a data input device for indicating a destination and a dimension of each of said objects to be loaded by said feeding system, anda programmable controller for said conveying device and said feeding system and being connected to said data input device for receipt of said destination and dimension data therefrom, said controller being responsive to said destination and dimension data to determine when two or more objects sharing a common destination will fit within a single destination area of said conveying device and causing said feeding system to load said two or more objects onto said single destination area of said conveying device.