Sorting Device With Vertical And Lateral Delivery Mechanisms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sorting devices are limited in handling a diverse range of articles, requiring multiple devices for heavy and light, large and small items, which increases costs and reduces efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A sorting device with a transport platform equipped with both vertical and lateral delivery mechanisms, allowing for flexible sorting of articles based on their properties, using a drop flap for vertical delivery and a slider for lateral delivery, enabling gentle handling of fragile or bulky items without replacing cost-effective vertical dispensing devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sorting devices are used to handle different article types (heavy, light, large, small), then sorting capability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The transport platform is designed with both a first delivery device for vertical delivery and a second delivery device for lateral delivery, enabling a single platform to handle multiple article types (heavy, light, large, small) with different delivery requirements. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate sorting devices for different article categories.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines vertical and lateral delivery mechanisms into a single transport platform. The control unit coordinates both delivery devices to work together, merging the functions of what would traditionally require separate sorting devices into one integrated system.
2Productivity
If vertical delivery is used for all articles, then sorting speed is improved, but article damage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects the delivery method (vertical or lateral) based on article characteristics. The control unit determines the appropriate delivery device for each article type, allowing the system to adapt its operation mode to minimize damage while maintaining sorting speed where applicable.
Solution Approach 2:
Different delivery methods are applied to different article types based on their specific requirements. Fragile, heavy, or bulky articles receive gentle lateral delivery, while other articles can use faster vertical delivery, optimizing both speed and protection based on local article properties.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If lateral delivery is used for all articles, then article protection is improved, but sorting productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically switches between lateral and vertical delivery modes based on real-time article characteristics. The control unit evaluates each article's properties and selects the optimal delivery method, using lateral delivery only when necessary for protection and vertical delivery when speed is prioritized.
Solution Approach 2:
The delivery method parameter is changed based on article properties. The control unit adjusts the delivery approach (vertical vs. lateral) according to article characteristics such as weight, size, and fragility, optimizing the balance between protection and productivity for each specific case.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a sorting device (1, 100) and to a method (200) for sorting articles (2) onto delivery locations (3.1, 3.2). The sorting device (1, 100) has a conveyor device (4, 40) with transport platforms (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 50), which can be moved along a transport direction (6), for transporting the articles (2) and for delivering the articles (2) onto the delivery locations (3.1, 3.2).4The transport platforms (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 50) have a support surface (7) for the articles (2), and at least one transport platform (5.1, 5.2, 50) has a first delivery device (8.1) for vertically delivering the articles (2) from the support surface (7) onto at least one first delivery location (3.1).4The aim of the invention is to provide a sorting device for reliably and gently sorting articles with different transport and delivery requirements together. This is achieved in that at least one transport platform (5.1, 5.3, 50) has a second delivery device (8.2) for laterally delivering the articles (2) from the support surface (7) onto at least one second delivery location (3.2).