Eurosort B.v.

Trinovate B.v.

Martinus Fredericus Johannes Duivenvoorden

Patrick Theodorus Johannes Van Haaster

Wouter Balk

Jozef Walter Maria Hopman

A cross-belt sorter () comprises a plurality of interconnected carriers () which are drivable behind each other in a conveying direction (X). Each of the carriers () is provided with a cross-belt () for supporting a product. The cross-belt () is drivable in a belt driving direction (Y) extending transversely to the conveying direction (X). A pushing element () is mounted to the cross-belt () for pushing against a product on the cross-belt () in the event that a product on the cross-belt () tends to move with respect to the cross-belt () in opposite direction of the belt driving direction (Y). The pushing element () has an upright orientation with respect to the cross-belt () and is supported in the belt driving direction (Y) by a supporting member () which is at least between opposite side edges of the cross-belt () fixed to the pushing element () and to the cross-belt () at respective distances from an intersection between the pushing element () and the crossbelt ().

Cross-belt sorter

An apparatus includes a frame having a guide, a transport unit including a support tray and a drive to transport the transport unit with respect to the frame. The transport unit includes a pushing member displaceable with respect to the tray transversely with respect to a transporting direction. The pushing member includes a pushing portion that pushes against a product on the tray and an actuator which is guidable along the guide such that the pushing portion displaces with respect to the tray upon moving the transport unit in the transporting direction when the actuator contacts the guide. The pushing portion is resiliently connected to the frame when the actuator contacts the guide under operating conditions. The damping factor of the connection has such a low value that the process of compression/expansion of the resiliency at least partly occurs within a period of contact of the actuator and the guide.

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De Zilk, Netherlands

Martinus Fredericus Johannes Duivenvoorden