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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2018
Vanderlande Industries B.v., Veghel, NL;
Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort, Veghel, NL;
Fred Van Toor, Veghel, NL;
Vanderlande Industries B.V., Veghel, NL;
Abstract
The system and method for sorting products include a device comprising a frame, carriers for products, pusher members which are displaceable along a carrier, guide means with a guiding member for guiding the pusher member in a conveying direction during transportation of the carriers in order to move it in a length direction of the carrier, for the purpose of laterally moving a product off the supporting surface at a discharge location, a presorting switch device with a presorting switch member in order, in an active presorting position, to move or keep the pusher member to or in a second transverse position, a switchable switch device with a switch member in order, in an active position, to move the pusher member in such a way that the guide member is subsequently guided by the guiding member.