Patent ID: 8985308
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B29C,B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for sorting piece goods, comprising: a receiving surface which can rotate about a predefined rotation axis and is designed to receive the piece goods; a first guide rail for guiding the piece goods, the first guide rail being spaced from the receiving surface so as to form a gap therebetween, the gap being sized and arranged such that one region of each of the piece goods is permitted to pass through said gap while another region of each of the piece goods is prevented from passing through said gap and is held by the first guide rail and the receiving surface; a turning device which pivots at least some of the piece goods in a longitudinal plane of the piece goods; and at least one separating device which separates out some of the piece goods, the turning device being upstream of the separating device in the movement direction of the piece goods wherein the apparatus further comprises a feed device for feeding the piece goods to the receiving surgace, an end section of the feed device being spaced apart from the receiving surface by less than 300 mm.