Beumer Gmbh & Co. Kg

Beumer Maschinenfabrik Gmbh & Co.

Hermann Brunsen

Heino Heitplatz

Andreas Hintz

An apparatus for singulating load items, with a group of delivery apparatuses for delivering load items, wherein there is associated with each delivery apparatus a first singulation apparatus for singulating the load items delivered with that delivery apparatus and there is, downstream of the first singulation apparatuses of the group of delivery apparatuses which form a first singulation stage, a second singulation stage for singulating load items not singulated in the first singulation stage, wherein the second singulation stage comprises a second singulation apparatus and a detection system associated with it for detecting load items not singulated by the second singulation apparatus, with, downstream of the second singulation stage a third singulation stage for singulating load items not singulated in the second singulation stage, which consists of manually post-singulating load items not singulated by the second singulation stage or of providing a return unit for returning the non-singulated load items detected by the detection system so that they can run through the second singulation stage again, having a discharge path for discharging load items singulated in the first, second and third singulation stages, wherein there is, downstream of each first singulation apparatus, a separating apparatus for separating singulated and non-singulated load items, with which non-singulated load items can be delivered to the second singulation stage, and singulated load items can be delivered to the discharge path, and there is, downstream of the second singulation stage, a separating apparatus for separating singulated load items, with which non-singulated load items can be delivered to the third singulation stage and singulated load items can be delivered to the discharge path.

Apparatus for singulating load items

A sorting system having a vertical sorter for conveying and sorting parcel goods, including a plurality of sorting units provided at specified distances from one another extending over a closed conveyor belt along a traveling path and being connected with the conveyor belt and movable along the traveling path. Two reversing drums with horizontal rotational axes are provided, at least one of the reversing drums serving as the drive drum to reverse and drive the conveyor belt and the sorting units provided thereat around the horizontally oriented rotational axes. The conveyor belt is configured as a traction carrier. To this end the conveyor belt is reinforced by reinforcing apparatus for driving the sorting units. A sorting unit includes a moving device with wheels and is attached to the conveyor belt, the sorting unit including at least one parcel goods receiver which allows controlled discharge of a parcel.

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Hermann Brunsen