| 摘要 |
A system for sorting items from loading stations to unloading stations that are not yet established at the moment of the item introduction into the system is provided, in which the items are routed along paths (8, 9, 10) that are determined each time as a function of a particular coding allotted to the item at the moment of loading. An airport baggage-handling system uses track-guided carriages which carry both (a) a permanent code (eg a bar code) identifying the carriage, and (b) a temporary code identifying the luggage and thus the required destination. The two codes are associated in a central computer and provide a double check that the right carriages reach the right destination. Code readers are provided along the track for controlling points (14). The carriages each include a microcomputer controlling its drive motor, and a transceiver for information which is transmitted along the system bus bars. <IMAGE> |
