Conveyor system with a computer controlled first sort conveyor

A sorting conveyor system comprising:

• an initial conveyor for receiving unsorted articles;
• at least one loader coupled to the initial conveyor;
• a first sort conveyor coupled to the at least one loader;
• a plurality of holding rails coupled to the first sort conveyor;
• a transfer conveyor coupled to the plurality of holding rails;
• and
• at least one final sort conveyor coupled to the transfer conveyor,
• wherein:
• the unsorted articles on the initial conveyor are identified and loaded onto the first sort conveyor by the at least one loader;
• the first sort conveyor sorts the unsorted articles into a plurality of groups of articles and routes the groups of articles to the holding rails;
• the transfer conveyor transfers the groups of articles from the holding rails to the at least one final sort conveyor;
• and
• identification information for each article transferred to the final sort conveyor is transferred from the at least one loader to the at least one final sort conveyor.