Patent ID: 8374720
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B07C

Abstract:
1. A sorting plant for the sorting of a plurality of articles, the sorting plant comprising: a feed transport path; a lead-away transport path; a plurality of connecting transport paths each branching off from said feed transport path and issuing into said lead-away transport path; a plurality of storage regions, each configured for temporarily storing a plurality of articles to be sorted; and a data storage device with a computer-evaluatable sorting plan; said feed transport path, each said connecting transport path, and said lead-away transport path being configured for transporting the articles in a given transport direction; said sorting plan assigning a storage region, in each case to each possible feature value of a stipulated sorting feature; a measuring device configured for measuring, for each article to be sorted, which feature value the sorting feature assumes for the respective article; wherein one of said feed transport path or said lead-away transport path is configured as a storage transport path and the other of said feed transport path and lead-away transport path is configured as an overtaking transport path; wherein said storage transport path comprises said storage regions, in the form of a sequence of successive storage regions, and wherein the sorting plant is configured: so that, after transport, the articles are sorted as a function of the respective feature values thereof in said lead-away transport path.