Device for and method of sorting pieces of wood

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EP 1 099 486 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	08.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/37

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	16.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/20

(21)	Application number: 00850167.8

(22)	Date of filing: 19.10.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B07C 5/14, B07C 5/38

(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

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Priority:

11.11.1999 NO 995522

(71)	Applicant: Bergene Holm, Reidar
	3255 Larvik (NO)

(72)	Inventor:
	Bergene Holm, Reidar 3255 Larvik (NO)

(74)	Representative: Rosenquist, Per Olof
	Bergenstrahle & Lindvall AB, P.O. Box 17704 118 93 Stockholm 118 93 Stockholm (SE)

(54)	Device for and method of sorting pieces of wood

(57) A device for and a method of sorting pieces of wood, in which the device comprises a sorting device for sorting the pieces of wood and arranging these in bundles, and an interim storage device for receipt of the bundles. The interim storage device comprises a plurality of interim storage conveyors, each of which is designed to receive a plurality of bundles.
By the device described, it is possible to reduce the length of the conveyor considerably, and also reduce the number of packing stations.

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