Patent ID: 7080737

Claim:
A method for automatically sorting and packing batches of products which are each provided with an origin code, comprising: supplying first batches of origin coded products to a sorting apparatus and simultaneously assigning respective corresponding codes of said first batches of coded products to fields of a register of a computer program, subjecting the products to criteria in at least one classification apparatus, marking the products with classification data as obtained with the classification apparatus, while for each individual product said codes and said data are assembled with the computer program in fields of the register to form a label, and sorting and subsequently packing the classified products to form second, sorted batches of products at packing stations of a packing apparatus, wherein said products at the packing stations are batchwise provided with a second code, a destination code, and these second codes are assigned to the fields of the register and therein are added to the labels of each corresponding product, the computer program comprising a routine for, upon discharge of the second batches from the packing stations, storing labels that contain at least a same destination code and a same origin code of such second batches.