EP 4021832 A1 20220706 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING AND SORTING ARTICLES
Title (en)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING AND SORTING ARTICLES
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM FÖRDERN UND SORTIEREN VON STÜCKGÜTERN
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ POUR TRANSPORTER ET TRIER DES COLIS
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 19193622 A 20190826
- EP 20168605 A 20200408
- EP 2020073112 W 20200818
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2022306398A1] An apparatus and a method convey and sort articles. The apparatus contains a link conveyor, having link elements, pushing-off elements, drive elements, and a control device. The link conveyor runs along a belt-movement line and has along the belt-movement line the link elements which are arranged to follow one after the other and form a conveying surface for the articles. In each case one pushing-off element can be arranged on one of the link elements, above the conveying surface, and therefore the pushing-off element runs along the belt-movement line together with the link element, and the pushing-off element can be moved, and stopped, along a pushing-off-line, which is arranged transversely to the belt-movement line. The drive elements each drive one or more pushing-off elements individually, and therefore the operations of moving and stopping these pushing-off elements, which are arranged to follow one after the other, are independent of one another.
IPC 8 full level
B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B07C 3/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/50 (2006.01); B65G 47/71 (2006.01); B65G 47/84 (2006.01); B65G 47/96 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B07C 3/08 (2013.01 - EP US); B07C 5/36 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 43/08 (2013.01 - EP US); B65G 47/503 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 47/71 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 47/844 (2013.01 - EP US); B65G 47/962 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 47/965 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 54/02 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 2201/0285 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 2203/0266 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 2203/0283 (2013.01 - EP US); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01 - EP); B65G 2207/08 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2021037610A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2022306398 A1 20220929; EP 3786089 A1 20210303; EP 4021832 A1 20220706; WO 2021037610 A1 20210304
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 202017638320 A 20200818; EP 20168605 A 20200408; EP 2020073112 W 20200818; EP 20764040 A 20200818