Patent ID: 7097029

Claim:
Device for aligning parcel goods ( 1 ) being conveyed, comprising a conveyor device consisting of a roller conveyor belt having two-part freely rotating rollers ( 2 , 2 ′) adapted to convey the articles in a plane of transport (T) and with alignment accomplished in an alignment area (A) which is located at least partially in the plane of transport (T), a plurality of manipulation units ( 3 , 3 ′) operated in a controlled manner being situated one of above and beneath the rollers ( 2 , 2 ′), the manipulation units adapted to vary one of the speed and direction of rotation of the rollers ( 2 , 2 ′) for rotating a parcel ( 1 ) about an axis perpendicular to the plane of transport (T), at least one recognition device adapted to detect the aligned position of the parcel goods ( 1 ), and a control unit ( 7 ) adapted to the alignment process of the parcel goods ( 1 ), wherein the alignment area (A) each roller ( 2 , 2 ′) of the roller conveyor belt is assigned its own manipulation unit ( 3 , 3 ′).