(19)
(11) EP 0 985 457 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/11

(21) Application number: 99117954.0

(22) Date of filing: 15.09.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B07C 3/08, B07C 3/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 15.09.1998 IT VE980037

(71) Applicant: SYSTEL INTERNATIONAL S.p.A.
30030 Martellago (VE) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Signoretto, Roberto
    Olmo di Martellago (VE) (IT)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Stuntzstrasse 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Sorting system for photographic orders


(57) The invention concerns a system for sorting photo work orders, comprising a plurality of removable containers 8 disposed at different levels and associated each with a conveying channel which essentially extends vertically with the upper opening facing upwards, and a sorting line comprising a continuous conveyor onto which a plurality of cassettes 2 containing the respective packages of individual photo work orders are placed, said cassettes being provided with bottoms openable following a command output by a control unit when the package contained in a cassette reaches the area of the conveying channel relative to the removable container 8 for which said package is destined, wherein according to the invention each conveying channel is provided at the bottom with a slide 14, the lower end of which opens into the removable container 8 which corresponds to that conveying channel, and that said container is mounted on a supporting structure provided with a resilient means 18 to be movable in relation to the weight of the container itself.







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