Postal sorting machine with a feed inlet having a robotized arm and a sloping flat conveyor
US9878349B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/45047
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The postal sorting machine comprises a sorting conveyor suitable for transporting postal articles in series past sorting outlets and a postal article feed unit having a magazine for loosely storing postal articles to be sorted and a separator that has a robotized arm and a vision sensor and that is suitable for picking up the postal articles to be sorted one-by-one from the magazine and for putting them on the sorting conveyor while placing them in series at constant pitch. The sorting conveyor has a flat conveyor that slopes sideways to form a jogging edge against which the postal articles are jogged by gravity.
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