Sorting device

A sorting device for sorting products, comprising:

• load carrying platforms that are successive, each load carrying platform including a front edge, a rear edge, and a supporting surface for supporting products to be sorted;
• a conveying means for conveying the load carrying platforms in a conveying direction along a conveying path;
• a sorting means comprising a plurality of pusher elements for pushing the products to be sorted sideways off respective supporting surfaces at a desired sorting location, at least one pusher element of the of the plurality of pusher elements extends above at least part of at least one load carrying platform and is arranged to be jointly conveyed with the at least one load carrying platform in the conveying direction;
• and
• a drive means for moving the at least one pusher element sideways at the desired sorting location including two guide members;
• wherein the front edge of each load carrying platform and the rear edge of each load carrying platform has an arcuate shape, seen in a top plan view,
• wherein an arcuate shape of a front edge of each load carrying platform located behind a next load carrying platform along the conveying path abuts an arcuate shape of a rear edge of the next load carrying platform,
• wherein the two guide members are separated by a distance in the conveying direction.