Parcel singulation system

摘要

A system for and a method of singulating parcels stored in a bulk into a single file of parcels that are mutually separated, by leading the parcels between consecutive, perpendicular conveyor sections by chutes that are designed for providing the desired spreading of parcels in a transport direction and/or the desired narrowing of the flow of parcels in a direction transverse to the transport direction. A first chute leads parcels from an input conveyor section to an intermediate conveyor section so that parcels having different transverse positions will tend to be spread in the transport direction when passing from the input conveyor section to the intermediate conveyor section. A second chute leads parcels from an intermediate conveyor section to a receiving conveyor section so that parcels subsequently will have a significantly reduced mutual spacing in the direction transverse to the transport direction of the receiving conveyor section.