| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to an apparatus for grading articles based on at least one characteristics of the articles. The grading comprises building up portions of the articles in containers or grading the articles onto one or more receiving areas, wherein the arrangement of the articles during the grading is preserved. According to the invention, determining means determines one or more characteristic parameters indicating the characteristics of the articles. A first conveyor conveys the articles along a closed-loop conveying path, where the conveyor comprising a number of article holders attached to the conveyor for holding the articles during the conveying along the closed-loop conveying path. An arranging means arranges the articles onto the article holders, where the article holders preserve the arrangement of the articles in the article holders during the conveying. A processor uses the one or more characteristic parameters for selecting article holders that are suitable for the grading. Removing means then finally removes the articles from the article holders in the containers or to the one or more receiving areas without altering the arrangement of the articles in the article holders. |
