Patent ID: 9145272
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A cross-belt sorting system for sorting items, the system comprising: at least one loading station, a plurality of discharges, at least one item identification means, for providing an identification of the item, a plurality of conveying surfaces adapted for moving in a conveying direction in a sorter track and adapted for receiving one or more items from said loading station and for conveying said one or more items along the track to a discharge among said plurality of discharges and for discharging said one or more items from the track at the discharge in response to the identification of said one or more items, wherein said at least one loading station is a top-load loading station for loading an item onto a predetermined cross-belt in a direction from a loading level which is higher than, in a vertical direction, an item supporting level of said predetermined cross-belt and towards said predetermined cross-belt, and said top-load loading station comprises a diverter for diverting said item onto a first side or a second side of a conveying surface of said predetermined cross-belt in response to said identification of said item and the top-load loading station is adapted to load said item onto said first or second side in response to said identification.