Sorting device and method for sorting goods in transit for an aircraft

US8019464B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Claus Hoffjann · Hamburg, DE
• Hansgeorg Schuldzig · Jork, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 11, 2007
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0264
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sorting device and a method for sorting goods in transit for an aircraft are disclosed. The sorting device includes a sorting region with a sorting unit and a storage region. The sorting region is adapted such that goods in transit are capable of being provided to the sorting region in an undetermined first arrangement. The sorting region includes a longitudinal axis, where a sorting unit may be moved along the longitudinal axis of the sorting region. The sorting unit is capable of sorting the goods in transit from an undetermined first arrangement to a predetermined second arrangement, where the goods in transit may be provided in the predetermined second arrangement in the storage region.