EP0372906A3 - Article sorting apparatus - Google Patents

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EP0372906A3
EP0372906A3 EP19890312665 EP89312665A EP0372906A3 EP 0372906 A3 EP0372906 A3 EP 0372906A3 EP 19890312665 EP19890312665 EP 19890312665 EP 89312665 A EP89312665 A EP 89312665A EP 0372906 A3 EP0372906 A3 EP 0372906A3
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articles
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EP0372906A2 (en
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Norman Foster
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
    • B07C5/3412—Sorting according to other particular properties according to a code applied to the object which indicates a property of the object, e.g. quality class, contents or incorrect indication
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C3/06—Linear sorting machines in which articles are removed from a stream at selected points
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution

Abstract

The invention is concerned with a method and apparatus for sorting articles from a series of batched collection of articles so that a tally is kept of how many articles of a given type are received from each one of a variety of sources in a series of batched collections. The method avoids the task of attaching an identification tag to each article, and includes the steps of attaching each of said articles in a collection (24) sequentially to clip means (20) associated with a transporter device, attaching, adjacent to the sequentially suspended collection of articles, means (21) indicating, by use of coded data provided thereupon, the origin or identity of the collection, moving the clip means (20) and the articles suspended therefrom along the transporter device (10), viewing each article on the transporter device at a data keying station (22) and keying data to a computer to identify the type of article and its sequential position in the collection on the transporter device, forwarding the articles to a series of switch means (18A) and causing selected ones of said switch means to operate to open a clip means (20) in a computer-controlled sequence determined by the keyed-in identifying data so that all articles of any one type are released at a pre-determined position (28) on the transporter device appropriate to that type.
EP19890312665 1988-12-07 1989-12-05 Article sorting apparatus Withdrawn EP0372906A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8828578 1988-12-07
GB888828578A GB8828578D0 (en) 1988-12-07 1988-12-07 Article sorting apparatus

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EP0372906A2 EP0372906A2 (en) 1990-06-13
EP0372906A3 true EP0372906A3 (en) 1992-04-15

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US5377814A (en) * 1990-06-20 1995-01-03 Fabri-Check, Inc. Transport carrier for use in an article sorting system
US5305896A (en) * 1992-09-11 1994-04-26 Branch Thomas R Apparatus for separating crossed garment hangers
US5404989A (en) * 1993-06-25 1995-04-11 Promech Sorting Systems B.V. Method for distributing goods and a sorting installation for practicing this method
NL1006686C2 (en) * 1997-07-30 1999-02-02 Tno Method and device for sorting carpet or similar textile pieces.
US6085914A (en) * 1999-03-24 2000-07-11 H. Salb International Soft article sorting system
US6953119B1 (en) 2002-04-04 2005-10-11 Scott Wening System for gathering discarded post-consumer carpet, for recycling
DE102008025975A1 (en) * 2008-05-30 2009-12-03 Herbert Kannegiesser Gmbh Method and device for sorting garments hanging on transporting hangers
CN113458020A (en) * 2021-07-27 2021-10-01 广东中科华屹智能制造有限公司 Automatic sorting method and device for hospital consumables
ES2945576A1 (en) * 2022-01-04 2023-07-04 Bionix Supplychain Tech Sl IMPROVED AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION SYSTEM OF RFID TAGS ON OBJECTS (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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GB360240A (en) * 1930-12-11 1931-11-05 George Ambrose Ernest Purvis Improvements in or relating to conveying apparatus suitable for dealing continuously with articles of various kinds
US2751092A (en) * 1946-01-16 1956-06-19 Ct D Etudes M B A Sa Coding, decoding, and code sensing mechanisms for sorting apparatus
US3881609A (en) * 1974-05-28 1975-05-06 Peter H Ellis Tiltable tray sorting system with adjustable drive means
GB2164909A (en) * 1984-09-27 1986-04-03 Ducker Eng Garment sorting apparatus

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB360240A (en) * 1930-12-11 1931-11-05 George Ambrose Ernest Purvis Improvements in or relating to conveying apparatus suitable for dealing continuously with articles of various kinds
US2751092A (en) * 1946-01-16 1956-06-19 Ct D Etudes M B A Sa Coding, decoding, and code sensing mechanisms for sorting apparatus
US3881609A (en) * 1974-05-28 1975-05-06 Peter H Ellis Tiltable tray sorting system with adjustable drive means
GB2164909A (en) * 1984-09-27 1986-04-03 Ducker Eng Garment sorting apparatus

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EP0372906A2 (en) 1990-06-13
GB8828578D0 (en) 1989-01-11

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