Patent ID: 8210339

Claim:
A device for sorting and stacking glass plates of different thicknesses and/or different formats over a conveying line divided in two, said device comprising: 1) an orienting device ( 1 ) which orients the glass plates with respect to a lefthand and/or a right-hand abutment strip ( 7 ) via controllable rollers ( 8 ), wherein the orienting device ( 1 ) comprises two frame roller carriers ( 10 ) which can each be rotated separately about a pivot bearing ( 5 ), 2) a stacking device ( 2 ) which lowers the plates respectively supplied by the orienting device ( 1 ) and stacks the following plates thereon, wherein a suction device conveyor belt ( 11 ) conveys the glass plates further and places them on a stack belt ( 16 ), and the stack belt ( 16 ) can be pivoted transversely with respect to the conveying line by means of a pivoting cylinder ( 17 ), 3) an upright positioner ( 3 ) which rotates the stacked plates at a right angle and orients them on a vertical orienting device ( 29 ), 4) a robot gripping arm ( 4 ) which grips the glass plates oriented on the upright positioner ( 3 ) and transports them on for further use, wherein a transport arm ( 26 ) can be pivoted via a drive ( 30 ).