Trinovate B.v.

Nicolaas Pieter Schilder

Patrick Theodorus Johannes Van Haaster

A sorting device () comprises a conveyor () for supporting and transporting products in a direction of conveyance (X), a discharging system () for selectively discharging products from the conveyor () at predefined locations (A) in the direction of conveyance (X) and a plurality of receiving units () including respective inlets () for receiving discharged products from the conveyor (). The inlets () are arranged behind each other parallel to the conveyor () at a distance of the conveyor () and each of the inlets () has an upstream edge () and a downstream edge () which lies at a distance from the upstream edge () in the direction of conveyance (X). The sorting device () is provided with displaceable guides (') which cooperate with the discharging system () and at least one of the upstream edges () and the downstream edges () of the inlets () of the respective receiving units (). Each guide (′) has a first position () for guiding a discharged product to the inlet () of a selected receiving unit () in which first position () it is located between the conveyor () and the inlet () of the selected receiving unit () at said at least one of the upstream edge () and the downstream edge () thereof, and a second position (′) for providing a free passage for a discharged product to another inlet which is located adjacent to said at least one of the upstream edge () and the downstream edge ().

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Warmenhuizen, Netherlands

Nicolaas Pieter Schilder