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US 2015/0083549 A1Published application
System and method for sorting articles
OwnerMukesh Raminventor
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Abstract
Described herein is a method for configuring a sorting system with multiple carriers. A sensor is provided on one of the sensors and the sensor is passed across a number of divert locations. An index feature at each divert location is detected by the sensor and the logical position of each divert location is determined. The divert locations are then indexed to the logical position.
Claims21
A method of configuring a sorting system having a plurality of carriers comprising:
- providing a sensor on at least one of said carriers;
- passing said sensor through each of a plurality of divert locations;
- detecting an index feature of at least one divert location;
- determining a logical position of said divert location;
- and
- indexing said divert location to said logical position.
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An apparatus for configuring a sorting system, the apparatus comprising a carrier tray having mounted thereon:
- a sensor for detecting a divert location of the sorter system;
- a wireless transmitter in communication with said sensor;
- and
- a power supply coupled to said sensor and wireless transmitter.
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A system for configuring a sorting system comprising:
- a conveyor adapted to transport articles from a load station to a plurality of offload stations;
- a plurality of divert locations, each divert location including a diverter configured to transfer an article from the conveyor to the offload station;
- a control system configured to activate the diverter at a predetermined time to cause a specific article to be diverted to a specific offload station;
- a configuration tray removably attachable to the conveyor, the configuration tray including a sensor for detecting the physical position of each diverter location and a transmitter for communicating the physical position of each diverter location to the control system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.