Patent ID: 7982154

Claim:
A sorting device for RFID tags, comprising: a dispensing unit for supplying RFID tags which are applied to a transport belt to a dispensing area, in which the RFID tags are detached from the transport belt; a pick-up unit having a plurality of transport units, each having a corresponding transport belt, for picking up the RFID tags in a respective pick-up area onto a corresponding transport belt of the transport unit; a positioning device for positioning the dispensing area and a selected pick-up area with respect to one another so that the RFID tags detached from the transport belt in the dispensing area are picked up by the pick-up area of the selected transport unit; a test device through which the transport belt runs before reaching the dispensing area configured to classify each of the RFID tags according to one parameter; and a control device for selecting the transport unit as a function of a result of the classification.