Postal packet and parcel sorting machine - has pre-sorting stage with rotating star-wheel feeding into selected compartment for final sorting

摘要

The installation is used for sorting postal packets and parcels and comprises a conveyor bringing these to a selector point. This has a four-bladed star wheel (9) which acts as a presorting stage and, depending on the code printed on the item, can rotate to the left or the right. This deposits the packet (8) onto one of the two similar star wheels (13A, 13B) which complete the presorting stage by rotating inwards (f1, f2) and depositing the packet onto one side or the other (A, B) of the final sorting carriage (1). The item is conveyed (2) over the final destination receptacle and deposited into it when a flap (1A, 1B) is opened.