摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to the field of sorting machines. The present invention relates to a sorter (1) for sorting articles such as CDs, videos, books, letters and/or flats and even mail parcels and other types of articles. In order e.g. to provide an improved relation between sorting capacity, sorting level and/or floor space the invention discloses in one aspect a conveyor system for conveying articles, comprising an endless track assembly (10a, 10b), a plurality of cartridges (15) for receiving articles and for discharging received articles therefrom, where the cartridges is supported from the track assembly and movable about a conveying path defined by the track assembly, and the conveyor system furthermore comprises a plurality of destination buffers (13, 14, 15, 16) for receiving articles being discharged from the cartridges (5), wherein the destination buffers (14) is positioned at a level below the cartridges and being movable transverse to said conveying path between two or more discharge positions.</p> |