Soft article sorting system

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1999-03-24

2000-07-11

Walsh, Donald P.

Classifying, separating, and assorting solids

Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus for...

Separating means

209 33, 209 3, 209937, 100 91, B07C 704, B03B 100, B02C 900

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060859148

ABSTRACT:
A garment sorter for semi-automating the sorting of bulk used clothing, and a method of sorting such clothing. Bales of clothing are uncompressed, and single articles of clothing are fed to an operator. Equally, the system can be used for sorting loose clothing. The operator identifies the article verbally, or by keypad entry. Voice recognition software, or other appropriate application software, recognizes the identification, and associates an address with the identified article. The article is then fed to a compacting device that ensures that it is retained within a certain length along a transfer conveyor. The compacted article is then transported to transfer station where a pneumatic pusher, under the control of a PLC, pushes the identified article off the conveyor into a bin, or secondary sort system.

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