摘要 |
A sorting apparatus for sorting in particular delicate products such as fruit, the sorting apparatus comprising: at least one endless feed conveyor (10) and at least one endless sorting conveyor (20), the sorting conveyor being provided with carriers (21), for instance hand-shaped carriers and/or cups for each product separately, to carry the products, and the feed conveyor being configured to feed the products, and to transfer the products to the sorting conveyor, in particular such that the products can roll off the feed conveyor and can be received by the carriers, whereby the feed conveyor and sorting conveyor are configured such that the products upon transfer between the conveyors undergo only a substantially gradual change in velocity, and, preferably, makes a falling movement from the feed conveyor to a carrier of the sorting conveyor.
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