Sorting machine
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsKen Nakanishi, Tetsuo Ogata
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Abstract
The sorting machine main body of a sorting machine is a slender machine provided with a chain conveyer along an upper and lower two level endless loop route, and includes an IN side turn back portion, a transfer portion, a sorting portion, an OUT side turn back portion in this order from the IN side. Gathering boxes are provided on both the left and right sides in the advancing direction of the chain conveyer. A plurality of carrier boxes hangs from the chain conveyer. The carrier boxes are thrown with loads at the transfer portion, and are delivered by the chain conveyer and discharges the loads at a predetermined location according to the loads. The belt conveyer conveys the discharged loads to the gathering box.
Claims25
A sorting machine, comprising:
- a carrier portion for mounting loads;
- a delivery portion for delivering said carrier portion along a delivery route;
- a gathering portion for gathering said loads placed on both the left and right sides of said delivery route;
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- a conveyance portion for conveying said loads from a location on said delivery route to said gathering portion.
A sorting machine, comprising;
- a carrier portion for mounting loads;
- a delivery portion for delivering said carrier portion along a first delivery route and a second delivery route;
- a first gathering portion for gathering said loads placed on both the left and right sides of said first delivery route;
- a second gathering portion for gathering said loads placed below the second delivery route;
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- a conveyance portion for conveying said loads from a location on said first delivery route to said first gathering portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.