Sorting system

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1991-03-25

1991-10-08

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...

By loading or unloading section at selected one of a...

1983496, B65G 4746

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050546023

ABSTRACT:
A sorting system comprises a number of sorting conveyors (1, 2 --- 12) each being capable of selectively discharging items fed onto the conveyor at an input thereto, from any one of a number of destination outlets and a plurality of aggregating conveyors (21, 22 --- 29) corresponding in number to that of the outlets of each sorting conveyor and extending transversely of the sorting conveyors, each aggregating conveyor being capable of receiving items from the respective sorting conveyors at a corresponding outlet in each case and of feeding the received items towards an output.

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