| 摘要 |
The invention relates to a sorting device for articles and to a method for sorting articles. The sorting device comprises at least two main conveyor lines, each conveying consecutively arranged articles in a direction of conveyance, at least two feeder devices, which respectively feed the articles to one of the main conveyor lines, at least two recognition devices each arranged in the direction of conveyance behind the feeder devices, which detect a sorting destination for each article, a plurality of sorting outlets arranged at the end of each main conveyor line, each assigned to sorting destinations, and to which the articles are transported according to their sorting destination. The sorting device further comprises at least two connecting conveyor lines, each branching off the main conveyor lines at branch points, each of which connecting two main conveyor lines, and by way of which the articles can be conveyed from one main conveyor line to another main conveyor line, and at least one storage device, in which articles can be stored temporarily. In order to improve upon conventional sorting devices, the storage device according to the invention feeds temporarily stored articles to one of the main conveyor lines in the direction of conveyance before at least one of the branch points. |
