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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2015
Fives Intralogistics S.p.a. Con Socio Unico, Lonate Pozzolo (Varese), IT;
FIVES INTRALOGISTICS S.P.A. CON SOCIO UNICO, Lonate Pozzolo, IT;
Abstract
A device for feeding items to a sorting machine, including: a conveyor plane () for feeding items or parcels along an advancement direction (A); an optical detection device (), to allow the acquisition, while the items are in motion on the conveyor plane () of the three-dimensional coordinates of a determined number of points on the surface of the items and to organize them into coordinate vectors; a manipulator () provided to pick the items from the conveyor plane () and to place the items picked in a desired position; a control system, provided to process, for each item in motion on the conveyor plane (), the coordinate vectors in order to obtain a three-dimensional representation of the item, including the information based on which the control system handles the manipulator for picking and placing the items. The invention also relates to a sorting machine and a method for feeding items to a sorting machine aimed at increasing production capacity and accuracy thereof.