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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2018
Fives Intralogistics S.p.a. Con Socio Unico, Lonate Pozzolo (Varese), IT;
FIVES INTRALOGISTICS S.P.A. CON SOCIO UNICO, Lonate Pozzolo, IT;
Abstract
Described is a sorting machine comprising: a plurality of carriages (), each carriage () comprising a loading-unloading device () which can be selectively activated for loading-unloading an object (O) from the carriage () and an electronic unit () configured to receive and analyse a loading-unloading signal and actuate the loading-unloading device () as a function of an operating mode, selected from a plurality of operating modes and uniquely associated with the loading-unloading signal; a plurality of loading stations () and a plurality of unloading stations () positioned along a sorting direction (X) comprising respective actuating units () configured to generate the loading-unloading signal. Each carriage () comprises a permanent magnet () which generates a stationary magnetic field and each actuating unit () comprises a Hall effect transducer () configured to detect the presence of the stationary magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet ().