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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sorting device capable of not only avoiding letting articles get stuck on each other but also remarkably shortening the fall time of the articles so of shortening such an excellent effect that article sorting time can be provided. SOLUTION: This storing device comprises an endless conveyor having carriers for conveying in the conveying direction. The carriers are connected to the conveyor through a holder, and disposed at specified intervals along the conveyor. The carriers take two positions, i.e., a feeding position for carrying the articles to a carrying out route and a feedout position for feeding out the articles to a specified carrying out route, and also comprises an operation means for performing switching operation between the feeding position and the feedout position. The sorting device is characterized in that, in switching operation, the operation means imparts a downward initial speed to the articles in a generally vertical plane passing a carrying direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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