US 12,479,230 B2
Sorting device for sorting book blocks
Erwin Mahler, Geuensee (CH); and Patrick Faes, Zofingen (CH)
Assigned to HUNKELER AG, Wikon (CH)
Appl. No. 18/704,518
Filed by HUNKELER AG, Wikon (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/079831
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 25, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/072960, PCT Pub. Date May 4, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. CH070444/2021 (CH), filed on Oct. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0229561 A1, Jul. 17, 2025
Int. Cl. B42C 19/08 (2006.01); B65H 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B42C 19/08 (2013.01) [B65H 5/00 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sorting device for sorting book blocks, the sorting device comprising
a filling station for sorting one or more book blocks into receptacles, the filling station comprising a plurality of inserting devices configured to insert the one or more book blocks into the receptacles,
a first input conveyor configured to feed book blocks to the filling station,
a second input conveyor configured to feed empty receptacles to the filling station,
a first output conveyor configured to transfer full receptacles away from the filling station,
a control device configured to receive sorting information of the one or more book blocks and to control the inserting devices to sort the one or more book blocks into the receptacles using the sorting information, and
at least one book block reader configured to read sorting information from at least one identification tag of a book block, wherein the control device is configured to receive the sorting information from the at least one book block reader.