METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONOUS SEMI-AUTOMATIC PARALLEL SORTING

摘要

The present invention reveals a sorting system for use in manual sorting, which presents a detached ephemeral display moving in a manner corresponding to the movement of the article, by which an article to be sorted can be quickly and easily identified. To accomplish its purpose, the device comprises: feed conveyors (12a, 12b); a switching unit (30); optical readers (14a, 14b) positioned to capture destination indicia affixed to each article; a detached moving display (46) which remains close to the article to be sorted and presents information representative of the article's destination location; a destination location which signals when a related article is approaching; and a controller capable of assigning destination locations and controlling display devices.