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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
Beumer Group Gmbh & Co. KG, Beckum, DE;
Ertan Erden, Holland, PA (US);
Pierre Damis, Parlin, NJ (US);
Christopher Atwan, Cranford, NJ (US);
Maurizio Zanni, Manalapan, NJ (US);
BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG., Beckhum, DE;
Abstract
A sorting device for sorting articles, comprising a conveyor which is movable in a conveying direction along a conveying path, the conveyor comprising a number of sorting units, each sorting unit comprising a carriage and at least one load-carrying element connected to the carriage for supporting articles, wherein the load-carrying elements are movable with regard to an associated carriage for unloading articles from the load-carrying elements at predetermined unloading positions, at least two of the sorting units being coupled together, a gap being formed between two adjacent load-carrying elements of two sorting units that are coupled together, the gap being covered by an intermediate element adapted to support an article, the sorting device comprising a stationarily arranged removal device for moving a selected article in a transverse direction off the conveyor at a predetermined removal position, wherein the removal device comprises a support element, the support element being movable along a longitudinal direction extending parallel to the conveying path, a first drive means being adapted to move the support element with a speed and in a transversal position corresponding to the selected article, the removal device further comprising a pushing element supported by the support element, a second drive means being adapted to move the pushing element in the transverse direction in order to remove the article from the conveyor.