Nisca Corporation

Tsuyoshi Iino

Takehiko Saitou

Toshiaki Aizawa

A sorter is provided with a plurality of movable sorting trays and a movement control device for controlling the movement of the movable sorting trays. The control device includes a sensor for detecting that a part of a screw rod passes through an index point which is remote from a stop position by a predetermined distance, a sensor for detecting the rotation of the screw rod and outputting a predetermined number of pulses in accordance with a predetermined moving distance of the screw rod. The control device is constructed in such a manner that it sets a stop pulse number according to the predetermined distance, counts the pulses from when the sensor detects that the screw rod passes through the index point, stops the movement of the sorting trays when the stop pulse number is count up, and controls a timing of the stop of the sorting trays in accordance with a moving condition of the sorting trays.

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Yamanasi-ken, Japan

Tsuyoshi Iino