US 12,116,218 B2
System for sorting products
Koen Maarten Geert Grobben, Veghel (NL); and Petrus Theodorus Cornelis Vervoort, Veghel (NL)
Assigned to Vanderlande Industries B.V., Veghel (NL)
Appl. No. 18/014,396
Filed by Vanderlande Industries B.V., Veghel (NL)
PCT Filed Jun. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NL2021/050403
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 4, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/010345, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2026037 (NL), filed on Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257212 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 47/84 (2006.01); B65G 17/08 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/844 (2013.01) [B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 17/08 (2013.01); B65G 2207/36 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. System for sorting products comprising:
a number of combinations of an elongated carrying body and a pusher body, located one after another, which combinations are movable in a direction of movement following a path along which a number of sorting locations are provided, wherein the carrying bodies extend parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of movement and wherein the carrying bodies are configured for carrying the products to be sorted,
a displacing device for moving the combinations in the direction of movement along the path,
wherein each combination is further provided with a further displacing device comprising an electric motor for moving the pusher body in a sorting direction along the carrying body, the sorting direction extending perpendicularly to the direction of movement, for pushing a product carried by the carrying body off of the carrying body with the pusher body,
a plurality of controllers, wherein each controller is provided on a combination of the elongated carrying body and the pusher body, and wherein each one of the plurality of controllers is arranged to control two or more of the further displacing devices by receiving destination data from a central control server relating to a sorting location where a product to be sorted should be pushed off of the carrying body and for driving the electric motor in accordance with the received destination data;
at least one stationary Access Point, AP, wherein the at least one stationary AP is arranged to communicate with the plurality of controllers and with the central control server; and
the central control server arranged for transmitting destination data relating to the sorting location where a product to be sorted should be pushed off of the carrying body, to one or more of the plurality of controllers via the at least one stationary AP.