Patent ID: 7284654

Claim:
A sorting conveyor for goods such as packages, parcels, containers and baggage, said sorting conveyor comprising: a plurality of cars coupled to one another to form a train, said cars being moveable along running rails, each said car comprising; at least one carrier bowl arranged said car, said carrier bowl being pivotable from a horizontal transport position about both sides of a tilting axis extending in the direction of travel to an unloading position for delivering conveyed goods transported on the carrier bowl; and a tilting drive adapted to control the pivoting movement of said carrier bowl, said tilting drive acting on the free, lower end of at least one tilting lever, said tilting lever extending downwards and being pivotable about said tilting axis mounted on said car, said tilting lever bearing the carrier bowl centrally at an opposite, upper end of said tilting lever; said tilting drive being fixed to the free, lower end of said tilting lever and comprising an electric motor having an alterable direction of rotation, and at least one pinion adapted to be driven by said electric motor and having an axis of rotation which is parallel to said tilting axis, said pinion corresponding to an arched, toothed rod, said toothed rod being fixed to said car transversely with respect to the direction of travel and extending equidistantly with respect to the tilting axis of said carrier bowls, said toothed rod having a radian measure that at least corresponds to the maximum pendulum angle of said tilting lever required for tilting said carrier bowl into the unloading positions.