CA2491749A1 - Method and apparatus for synchronous semi-automatic parallel sorting - Google Patents

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CA2491749A1
CA2491749A1 CA002491749A CA2491749A CA2491749A1 CA 2491749 A1 CA2491749 A1 CA 2491749A1 CA 002491749 A CA002491749 A CA 002491749A CA 2491749 A CA2491749 A CA 2491749A CA 2491749 A1 CA2491749 A1 CA 2491749A1
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    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
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The present invention reveals a sorting system for use in manual sorting, which presents a detached ephemeral display moving in a manner corresponding to the movement of the article, by which an article to be sorted can be quickly and easily identified. To accomplish its purpose, the device comprises: feed conveyors (12a, 12b); a switching unit (30); optical readers (14a, 14b) positioned to capture destination indicia affixed to each article;
a detached moving display (46) which remains close to the article to be sorted and presents information representative of the article~s destination location;
a destination location which signals when a related article is approaching;
and a controller capable of assigning destination locations and controlling display devices.
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