Sorting device with a field of transport units
CA 2116505 A1 · Owner: Van Essen, Roelof Meine · Inventors: Van Essen, Roelof Meine
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Sorting device with a field of transport units." A sorting device with a transport device (5) for displacing objects such as for example, postal items (99) from an input station (1) to an output position (3a 3b), selected from along a plurality of output positions (3). The transport device (5) comprises a field (101) of individual transport units (23 105) arranged in a hexagonal, grid shape and each provided with a transport mechanism (27) arranged on a rotatable support (25). The output positions (3) are positioned alongside the field (101) while the, field (101) is accessible through at least two separate input positions (9 11, 109, 119). Alternative routes can be selected by means of an …
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- Filed February 25, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 25, 2014.
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