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EP1338346B1
EP1338346B1 EP03002461A EP03002461A EP1338346B1 EP 1338346 B1 EP1338346 B1 EP 1338346B1 EP 03002461 A EP03002461 A EP 03002461A EP 03002461 A EP03002461 A EP 03002461A EP 1338346 B1 EP1338346 B1 EP 1338346B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
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  • the present invention relates to a sorting device having at least two sorting cells arranged substantially one above the other for picking up a sorted material, a horizontal loading level associated with the sorting cell and having a driving unit to which the sorting cells are attached, for moving the sorting cells from the respective loading level to one of the sorting cell associated horizontal rejection level, such as off US-A 4,867,299 known.
  • sorting devices For performing sorting tasks, especially in commerce and industry, sorting devices, so-called sorters, are known which transport a sorted material controlled from a loading level to a specific discharge level.
  • the sorters usually have units that run as a driving unit in a guide system, for example a rail system.
  • a sorting cell for example, a tilting tray or a horizontally extending conveyor belt as a so-called cross belt attached to the driving unit.
  • high-performance sorting systems are known in which a plurality of sorting cells are arranged one above the other on a driving unit.
  • the vertical distance between two superimposed cells then substantially corresponds to the vertical distance and the level of the loading devices and the sorting targets.
  • sorting destinations are, for example, levels of a shelving system into which the sorted item is to be classified.
  • the loading of a driving unit can take place in three levels, and the sorted items are then delivered to the sorting destinations in these three levels.
  • the loading level and the discharge level are permanently assigned to each other.
  • sorting devices with level change possibility.
  • a driving unit picks up a sorted item in a plane and can deliver it in several levels by means of a corresponding lifting mechanism, which can be moved to different levels in a controlled manner.
  • the more output levels that can be controlled the more sorting destinations can be achieved by such a known device, but the higher the technical complexity for this level change both with regard to the control and with respect to the device kinematics.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a sorting device that allows the distribution of sorted material to several levels with a simple structure.
  • a sorting device has at least two sorting cells arranged essentially one above the other, each of which can receive at least one sorted item from a loading device. Furthermore, the sorting device according to the invention has a drive unit on which the sorting cells are mounted and which can move the sorting cells from the respective loading device to a discharge level.
  • the vertical distance between two stacked sorting cells is equal to the vertical distance between two superimposed loading planes and equal to the vertical distance between the upper and the lower plane of at least a first and a second pair of stacked discharge planes, and leave the two sorting cells so spaced move with the vertical distance, which remains the same, together from the level of a plane pair to the level of another pair of planes.
  • the sorting cells arranged one above the other can distribute their transported sorting items to just as many sorting destination levels.
  • two sorting cells arranged one above the other are preferably associated with exactly two pairs of stacking discharge planes (with the spacing of the sorting cells between their respective upper and lower planes), and thus the lifting height of the jointly vertically movable sorting cells is preferably equal to the vertical distance between the plane pairs.
  • these sorting cells can each be moved between the level of an upper associated horizontal ejection level and a lower associated horizontal ejection level.
  • a particularly preferred simple construction results when the stacking planes arranged one above the other are vertically equidistant from one another and the vertical spacing of the sorting cells mounted on the driving unit one above the other twice as large as the vertical distance between discard levels.
  • the stacking planes arranged one above the other are vertically equidistant from one another and the vertical spacing of the sorting cells mounted on the driving unit one above the other twice as large as the vertical distance between discard levels.
  • the dumping planes may be levels of a racking system, for example, in the aisles of which the driving unit can be moved, for example, along rails which, for example, are mounted under the ceiling of a building receiving hall.
  • the sorting cell can have a tilting tray which is suitable for many different goods for loading, transport and discharge at the sorting destination.
  • the sorting cell can also have a conveyor belt, in particular a transverse belt, which preferably runs horizontally transversely to the direction of travel of the drive unit and thus the sorted goods of a loading level, for example, a high rack on which the driving unit passes receives and after the transport in a dumping level, for example, the rack system again sets off.
  • the sorting device has at least one second driving unit with sorting cells, which are fixedly mounted on the levels of the superimposed loading planes and / or discharge planes and are not movable.
  • this saves manufacturing costs due to reduced technical effort.
  • these drive units with level-adjusted sorting cells are sufficient for transporting sorted goods, in which a level change is not required, and can be used controlled by a controller accordingly.
  • FIG. 1a shows a sorting device according to the invention in a schematic sectional view, in which in each case two of the stacked sorting cells are driven to the level of a Abschebenenpackes,
  • FIG. 1b shows the sorter after FIG. 1a in which the second sorting cells arranged one above the other are driven to the level of a second discharge level
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of a sorting device with two driving units with vertically movable sorting cells and two driving units with vertically fixed sorting cells in alternating order in a schematic side view and
  • FIG. 3 shows a very schematic side view of another embodiment of a sorting device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows a target system 2 with a total of nine Sortierabschschen. 4 Further shows FIG. 3 a driving unit 6 , on which three sorting cells 8 are arranged one above the other.
  • the driving unit 6 is movably mounted on a rail 10 under the roof 12 of a hall.
  • the vertical distance between the upper two sorting cells 8 is equal to the vertical distance between the upper and lower levels of a first pair 14 , a second pair 16 and a third pair 18 of stacked discharge planes 4 .
  • the sorting cells can be moved vertically with a constant vertical distance from each other, in such a way that the two upper sorting cells from the level of a plane pair 14 to the level of one of the other pairs of planes 16 or 18 is movable.
  • FIGS. 1a and b With a view to FIGS. 1a and b is a driving unit 6 ' recognizable, which is also horizontally movable along a rail 10' .
  • Three sorting cells 8 ' in the form of transverse belts are mounted one above the other at the same vertical distances and according to FIG. 1b telescopically downwards from the driving unit 6 ' retractable.
  • the discharge planes 4 'of a shelving system 2' which slope away from the driving unit 6 'and extend parallel to one another here, have vertically equal distances from one another.
  • the vertical distances of the discharge level 4 ' are half as large as the vertical distances of the sorting cells 8' from each other.
  • the sorting cells with a constant vertical distance from each other can perform a lifting movement in each case between the level of an upper ejection level (position according to A and the respective lower adjacent ejection level) in the position according to FIG. 1b is reached.
  • each of the sorting cells 8 ' can then actuate the cross belt in the direction indicated by the horizontal arrow to the left or right, thus moving the sorting belt (not shown) transported on the cross belt of the sorting cell to the left or right in the ejection level 4 'of the shelving system 2' drop.
  • the lifting movement of the sorting cells 8 ' between the upper position according to FIG. 1a and the lower position allows a simplified control and kinematics of the lifting mechanism, because only a movement between an upper and a lower end position, for example, against stops (not shown), which can be designed structurally simple, without necessary intermediate positioning is required.
  • FIG. 2 It can be seen how four driving units 6 ', 6 " are movable horizontally on a rail 10' horizontally, wherein each second driving unit 6" sorting cells 8 " , which are fixed to the driving unit 6" fixed vertically, while the sorting cells 8 ' at the remaining drive units 6 ' with a constant vertical distance from each other are moved vertically.

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The sorting arrangement includes two sorting cells (8) arranged above each other and a drive unit (6) to which the cells are attached. The vertical distance between the cells arranged above each other and the vertical distance between the top and bottom level of two pairs of dropping levels (4) arranged above each other are the same. Both sorting cells are moved from one level to the next level by keeping the vertical distance.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Sortiervorrichtung mit mindestens zwei im wesentlichen übereinander angeordneten Sortierzellen jeweils zum Aufnehmen eines Sortiergutes, einer der Sortierzelle zugeordneten horizontalen Beladeebene und mit einer Fahreinheit, an der die Sortierzellen angebracht sind, zum Verfahren der Sortierzellen von der jeweiligen Beladeebene zu einer der Sortierzelle zugeordneten horizontalen Abwurfebene, wie z.B. aus US-A 4,867 299 bekannt.The present invention relates to a sorting device having at least two sorting cells arranged substantially one above the other for picking up a sorted material, a horizontal loading level associated with the sorting cell and having a driving unit to which the sorting cells are attached, for moving the sorting cells from the respective loading level to one of the sorting cell associated horizontal rejection level, such as off US-A 4,867,299 known.

Zum Ausführen von Sortieraufgaben insbesondere in Handel und Industrie sind Sortiervorrichtungen, sogenannte Sorter, bekannt, die ein Sortiergut gesteuert von einer Beladeebene zu einer bestimmten Abwurfebene transportieren. Dazu weisen die Sorter in der Regel Einheiten auf, die als Fahreinheit in einem Führungssystem, zum Beispiel einem Schienensystem, laufen. Zur Aufnahme eines Sortiergutes ist an der Fahreinheit eine Sortierzelle, zum Beispiel eine Kippschale oder ein horizontal verlaufender Fördergurt als sogenannter Quergurt, angebracht. Um mit einer Fahreinheit mehrere Sortiergutstücke zu transportieren, sind Hochleistungssortieranlagen bekannt, bei denen an einer Fahreinheit mehrere Sortierzellen übereinander angeordnet sind. Der vertikale Abstand zwischen zwei übereinanderliegenden Zellen entspricht dann im wesentlichen dem vertikalen Abstand und dem Niveau der Beladevorrichtungen und der Sortierziele. Solche Sortierziele sind zum Beispiel Ebenen eines Regalsystems, in das das Sortiergut eingeordnet werden soll. So können bei den bekannten Hochleistungssortieranlagen zum Beispiel mit drei übereinander angeordneten Sortierzellen die Beladung einer Fahreinheit in drei Ebenen stattfinden, und die Sortiergutstücke werden dann in diesen drei Ebenen auch an die Sortierziele abgegeben. Beladeebene und Abwurfebene sind dabei einander jeweils fest zugeordnet.For performing sorting tasks, especially in commerce and industry, sorting devices, so-called sorters, are known which transport a sorted material controlled from a loading level to a specific discharge level. For this purpose, the sorters usually have units that run as a driving unit in a guide system, for example a rail system. For receiving a sorted good a sorting cell, for example, a tilting tray or a horizontally extending conveyor belt as a so-called cross belt attached to the driving unit. In order to transport a plurality of sorting items with a driving unit, high-performance sorting systems are known in which a plurality of sorting cells are arranged one above the other on a driving unit. The vertical distance between two superimposed cells then substantially corresponds to the vertical distance and the level of the loading devices and the sorting targets. Such sorting destinations are, for example, levels of a shelving system into which the sorted item is to be classified. Thus, in the known high-performance sorting systems, for example with three sorting cells arranged one above the other, the loading of a driving unit can take place in three levels, and the sorted items are then delivered to the sorting destinations in these three levels. The loading level and the discharge level are permanently assigned to each other.

Bekannt sind auch Sortiervorrichtungen mit Niveauwechselmöglichkeit. Hier nimmt eine Fahreinheit ein Sortiergutstück in einer Ebene auf und kann es durch einen entsprechenden Hubmechanismus, der gesteuert auf verschiedene Niveaus verfahrbar ist, in mehreren Ebenen abgeben. Je mehr Abgabeebenen dabei ansteuerbar sind, desto mehr Sortierziele können von einer solchen bekannten Vorrichtung erreicht werden, desto höher ist aber auch der technische Aufwand für diesen Niveauwechsel sowohl bezüglich der Steuerung als auch bezüglich der Vorrichtungskinematik.Also known are sorting devices with level change possibility. Here, a driving unit picks up a sorted item in a plane and can deliver it in several levels by means of a corresponding lifting mechanism, which can be moved to different levels in a controlled manner. The more output levels that can be controlled, the more sorting destinations can be achieved by such a known device, but the higher the technical complexity for this level change both with regard to the control and with respect to the device kinematics.

Demgegenüber liegt der Erfindung die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Sortiervorrichtung zu schaffen, die bei einfachem Aufbau die Verteilung von Sortiergut auf mehrere Niveaus erlaubt.In contrast, the invention has for its object to provide a sorting device that allows the distribution of sorted material to several levels with a simple structure.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß von einer Sortiervorrichtung mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 gelöst. Bevorzugte Ausgestaltungen sind in den Unteransprüchen angegeben.This object is achieved by a sorting device with the features of claim 1. Preferred embodiments are specified in the subclaims.

Eine erfindungsgemäße Sortiervorrichtung hat mindestens zwei im wesentlichen übereinander angeordnete Sortierzellen, die jeweils mindestens ein Sortiergutstück von einer Beladevorrichtung aufnehmen können. Des weiteren weist die erfindungsgemäße Sortiervorrichtung eine Fahreinheit auf, an der die Sortierzellen angebracht sind und die die Sortierzellen von der jeweiligen Beladevorrichtung zu einer Abwurfebene verfahren kann. Erfindungsgemäß ist nun der vertikale Abstand zwischen zwei übereinander angeordneten Sortierzellen gleich dem vertikalen Abstand zweier übereinander angeordneter Beladebenen und gleich dem vertikalen Abstand zwischen der oberen und der unteren Ebene von mindestens einem ersten und einem zweiten Paar übereinander angeordneter Abwurfebenen, und die zwei so beabstandeten Sortierzellen lassen sich mit dem vertikalen Abstand, der dabei gleich bleibt, gemeinsam vom Niveau eines Ebenenpaares zum Niveau eines anderen Ebenenpaares verfahren.A sorting device according to the invention has at least two sorting cells arranged essentially one above the other, each of which can receive at least one sorted item from a loading device. Furthermore, the sorting device according to the invention has a drive unit on which the sorting cells are mounted and which can move the sorting cells from the respective loading device to a discharge level. According to the invention, the vertical distance between two stacked sorting cells is equal to the vertical distance between two superimposed loading planes and equal to the vertical distance between the upper and the lower plane of at least a first and a second pair of stacked discharge planes, and leave the two sorting cells so spaced move with the vertical distance, which remains the same, together from the level of a plane pair to the level of another pair of planes.

So können entsprechend der Anzahl der übereinander angeordneten Ebenenpaare die übereinander angeordneten Sortierzellen ihre transportierten Sortiergutstücke auf eben so viele Sortierzielebenen verteilen.Thus, according to the number of layer pairs arranged one above the other, the sorting cells arranged one above the other can distribute their transported sorting items to just as many sorting destination levels.

Bevorzugt sind dabei zwei übereinander angeordnete Sortzierzellen genau zwei Paare übereinander angeordneter Abwurfebenen (mit dem Abstand der Sortzierzellen zwischen ihrer jeweiligen oberen und unteren Ebene) zugeordnet, und so ist die Hubhöhe der gemeinsam vertikal verfahrbaren Sortierzellen vorzugsweise gleich dem vertikalen Abstand zwischen den Ebenenpaaren. Mit anderen Worten lassen sich diese Sortierzellen jeweils zwischen dem Niveau einer oberen zugeordneten horizontalen Abwurfebene und einer unteren zugeordneten horizontalen Abwurfebene verfahren.In this case, two sorting cells arranged one above the other are preferably associated with exactly two pairs of stacking discharge planes (with the spacing of the sorting cells between their respective upper and lower planes), and thus the lifting height of the jointly vertically movable sorting cells is preferably equal to the vertical distance between the plane pairs. In other words, these sorting cells can each be moved between the level of an upper associated horizontal ejection level and a lower associated horizontal ejection level.

Ein besonders bevorzugt einfacher Aufbau ergibt sich, wenn die übereinander angeordneten Abwurfebenen vertikal gleich von einander beabstandet sind und dabei der vertikale Abstand der übereinander an der Fahreinheit angebrachten Sortierzellen doppelt so groß ist wie der vertikale Abstand zwischen Abwurfebenen. So wird für eine bestimmte Anzahl gleichmäßig übereinander beabstandeter Abwurfebenen nur genau die halbe Anzahl von Sortierzellen benötigt, die dann jeweils zwischen dem Niveau einer ersten zugeordneten Abwurfebene und dem Niveau einer zweiten zur ersten benachbarten zugeordneten Abwurfebene verfahrbar sind.A particularly preferred simple construction results when the stacking planes arranged one above the other are vertically equidistant from one another and the vertical spacing of the sorting cells mounted on the driving unit one above the other twice as large as the vertical distance between discard levels. Thus, for a certain number of uniformly spaced discharge planes only exactly half the number of sorting cells is required, which are then each movable between the level of a first associated ejection level and the level of a second adjacent associated ejection level.

Die Abwurfebenen können Ebenen eines Regalssystems sein, zum Beispiel in dessen Gängen die Fahreinheit zum Beispiel entlang von Schienen, die zum Beispiel unter der Decke einer die Anlage aufnehmenden Halle angebracht sind, verfahrbar sind. Die Sortierzelle kann eine Kippschale aufweisen, die für viele unterschiedlichen Güter zum Beladen, Transport und Abwurf am Sortierziel geeignet ist.. Die Sortierzelle kann auch einen Fördergurt aufweisen, insbesondere einen Quergurt, der vorzugsweise quer zur Fahrtrichtung der Fahreinheit horizontal verläuft und so das Sortiergut von einer Beladeebene zum Beispiel eines Hochregals, an dem die Fahreinheit vorbeifährt aufnimmt und nach dem Transport in einer Abwurfebene zum Beispiel des Regalsystems wieder absetzt.The dumping planes may be levels of a racking system, for example, in the aisles of which the driving unit can be moved, for example, along rails which, for example, are mounted under the ceiling of a building receiving hall. The sorting cell can have a tilting tray which is suitable for many different goods for loading, transport and discharge at the sorting destination. The sorting cell can also have a conveyor belt, in particular a transverse belt, which preferably runs horizontally transversely to the direction of travel of the drive unit and thus the sorted goods of a loading level, for example, a high rack on which the driving unit passes receives and after the transport in a dumping level, for example, the rack system again sets off.

Vorzugsweise hat die Sortiervorrichtung mindestens eine zweite Fahreinheit mit Sortierzellen, die auf den Niveaus der übereinander angeordneten Beladeebenen und/oder Abwurfebenen fest befestigt und nicht verfahrbar sind. Dies spart Herstellungskosten durch reduzierten technischen Aufwand. Diese Fahreinheiten mit niveaufixierten Sortierzellen genügen aber zum Transport von Sortiergut, bei dem ein Niveauwechsel nicht erforderlich ist, und lassen sich von einer Steuerung entsprechend gesteuert einsetzen.Preferably, the sorting device has at least one second driving unit with sorting cells, which are fixedly mounted on the levels of the superimposed loading planes and / or discharge planes and are not movable. This saves manufacturing costs due to reduced technical effort. However, these drive units with level-adjusted sorting cells are sufficient for transporting sorted goods, in which a level change is not required, and can be used controlled by a controller accordingly.

Die Erfindung wird im folgenden mit Bezug auf die beigefügten Zeichnungen beschrieben.The invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figur 1a zeigt eine erfindungsgemäße Sortiervorrichtung in schematischer Schnittansicht, bei der jeweils zwei der übereinander angeordneten Sortierzellen auf das Niveau eines Abwurfebenenpaares gefahren sind, FIG. 1a shows a sorting device according to the invention in a schematic sectional view, in which in each case two of the stacked sorting cells are driven to the level of a Abwurfebenenpaares,

Figur 1b zeigt die Sortiervorrichtung nach Figur 1a, bei der die zweiten übereinander angeordneten Sortierzellen auf das Niveau einer zweiten Abwurfebenen gefahren sind, FIG. 1b shows the sorter after FIG. 1a in which the second sorting cells arranged one above the other are driven to the level of a second discharge level,

Figur 2 zeigt eine Seitenansicht einer Sortiervorrichtung mit zwei Fahreinheiten mit vertikal verfahrbaren Sortierzellen und zwei Fahreinheiten mit vertikal fixierten Sortierzellen in einander abwechselnder Reihenfolge in schematischer Seitenansicht und FIG. 2 shows a side view of a sorting device with two driving units with vertically movable sorting cells and two driving units with vertically fixed sorting cells in alternating order in a schematic side view and

Figur 3 zeigt eine äußerst schematische Seitenansicht einer weiteren Ausgestaltung einer erfindungsgemäßen Sortiervorrichtung. FIG. 3 shows a very schematic side view of another embodiment of a sorting device according to the invention.

Figur 3 zeigt ein Zielsystem 2 mit insgesamt neun Sortierabwurfebenen 4. Des weiteren zeigt Figur 3 eine Fahreinheit 6, an der drei Sortierzellen 8 übereinander angeordnet sind. Die Fahreinheit 6 ist an einer Schiene 10 unter dem Dach 12 einer Halle verfahrbar angebracht. Der vertikale Abstand zwischen den oberen beiden Sortierzellen 8 gleicht dem vertikalen Abstand zwischen der oberen und der unteren Ebene eines ersten Paares 14, eines zweiten Paares16 und eines dritten Paares 18 der übereinander angeordneten Abwurfebenen 4. Die Sortierzellen sind mit gleichbleibendem vertikalem Abstand zueinander vertikal verfahrbar, und zwar so, daß die beiden oberen Sortierzellen vom Niveau eines Ebenenpaares 14 zum Niveau eines der anderen Ebenenpaare 16 oder 18 verfahrbar ist. Entsprechendes gilt für die beiden unteren Sortierzellen und ihren Abstand zueinander bezüglich weiter unten im Regal 2 angeordneten Abwurfebenenpaaren 20, 22, 24. FIG. 3 shows a target system 2 with a total of nine Sortierabwurfeen. 4 Further shows FIG. 3 a driving unit 6 , on which three sorting cells 8 are arranged one above the other. The driving unit 6 is movably mounted on a rail 10 under the roof 12 of a hall. The vertical distance between the upper two sorting cells 8 is equal to the vertical distance between the upper and lower levels of a first pair 14 , a second pair 16 and a third pair 18 of stacked discharge planes 4 . The sorting cells can be moved vertically with a constant vertical distance from each other, in such a way that the two upper sorting cells from the level of a plane pair 14 to the level of one of the other pairs of planes 16 or 18 is movable. The same applies to the two lower sorting cells and their distance from each other with respect to lower arranged on the shelf 2 Abwurfeenen pairs 20, 22, 24th

Mit Blick auf Figur 1a und b ist eine Fahreinheit 6' erkennbar, die ebenfalls entlang einer Schiene 10' horizontal verfahrbar ist. Drei Sortierzellen 8' in Form von Quergurten sind mit gleichen Vertikalabständen zueinander übereinander angebracht und gemäß Figur 1b teleskopisch nach unten aus der Fahreinheit 6' ausfahrbar. Die hier als parallel zueinander verlaufend dargestellten von der Fahreinheit 6' weg abschüssigen Abwurfebenen 4' eines Regalsystems 2' haben vertikal gleiche Abstände von einander. Die vertikalen Abstände der Abwurfebene 4' sind dabei halb so groß wie die vertikalen Abstände der Sortierzellen 8' von einander. So können die Sortierzellen mit gleichbleibendem vertikalem Abstand zueinander eine Hubbewegung jeweils zwischen dem Niveau einer oberen Abwurfebene (Stellung gemäß A und der jeweils darunter benachbarten Abwurfebene ausführen) in der Position, die gemäß Figur 1b erreicht ist. Zum Beispiel von einer Computersteuerung entsprechend programmiert, kann jede der Sortierzellen 8' den Quergurt entsprechend dem angedeuteten horizontalen Pfeil dann nach links oder rechts betätigen und so das Sortiergurt (nicht dargestellt), das auf dem Quergurt der Sortzierzelle transportiert wurde, entsprechend nach links oder rechts in die Abwurfebene 4' des Regalsystems 2' abwerfen. Die Hubbewegung der Sortierzellen 8' zwischen der oberen Position gemäß Figur 1a und der unteren Position ermöglicht eine vereinfachte Steuerung und Kinematik des Hubmechanismus, weil nur eine Bewegung zwischen einer oberen und einer unteren Endlage zum Beispiel gegen Anschläge (nicht dargestellt), die sich konstruktiv einfach ausgestalten lassen, ohne notwendige Zwischenpositionierung erforderlich ist.With a view to FIGS. 1a and b is a driving unit 6 ' recognizable, which is also horizontally movable along a rail 10' . Three sorting cells 8 ' in the form of transverse belts are mounted one above the other at the same vertical distances and according to FIG. 1b telescopically downwards from the driving unit 6 ' retractable. The discharge planes 4 'of a shelving system 2' , which slope away from the driving unit 6 'and extend parallel to one another here, have vertically equal distances from one another. The vertical distances of the discharge level 4 ' are half as large as the vertical distances of the sorting cells 8' from each other. Thus, the sorting cells with a constant vertical distance from each other can perform a lifting movement in each case between the level of an upper ejection level (position according to A and the respective lower adjacent ejection level) in the position according to FIG. 1b is reached. For example, programmed by a computer control accordingly, each of the sorting cells 8 'can then actuate the cross belt in the direction indicated by the horizontal arrow to the left or right, thus moving the sorting belt (not shown) transported on the cross belt of the sorting cell to the left or right in the ejection level 4 'of the shelving system 2' drop. The lifting movement of the sorting cells 8 ' between the upper position according to FIG. 1a and the lower position allows a simplified control and kinematics of the lifting mechanism, because only a movement between an upper and a lower end position, for example, against stops (not shown), which can be designed structurally simple, without necessary intermediate positioning is required.

In Figur 2 ist erkennbar, wie vier Fahreinheiten 6', 6" der Reihe nach auf einer Schiene 10' horizontal verfahrbar sind, wobei jede zweite Fahreinheit 6" Sortierzellen 8" aufweist, die an der Fahreinheit 6" vertikal fixiert befestigt sind, während die Sortzierzellen 8' an den übrigen Fahreinheiten 6' mit gleichbleibenden Vertikalabstand zueinander vertikal verfahrbar sind.In FIG. 2 It can be seen how four driving units 6 ', 6 " are movable horizontally on a rail 10' horizontally, wherein each second driving unit 6" sorting cells 8 " , which are fixed to the driving unit 6" fixed vertically, while the sorting cells 8 ' at the remaining drive units 6 ' with a constant vertical distance from each other are moved vertically.

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  1. Sorting apparatus comprising
    at least two sorting cells (8', 8") arranged substantially one above the other, in each case to pick up a product to be sorted from a loading apparatus, and comprising
    a horizontally movable movement unit, to which the sorting cells (8', 8") are fitted, for moving the sorting cells (8', 8") from the respective loading apparatus to a discharge plane (4') assigned to the sorting cell,
    wherein the vertical distance between two of the sorting cells (8', 8") arranged one above the other is equal to the vertical distance between two loading apparatuses arranged one above the other and between the upper and the lower plane of at least a first and a second pair of discharge planes (4') arranged one above the other, and
    wherein the two of the sorting cells (8', 8") can be moved jointly at a constant vertical distance from the level of one pair of planes to the level of another pair of planes.
  2. Sorting apparatus according to Claim 1,
    - characterized in that the discharge planes (6') arranged one above other are spaced apart equally vertically from one another and in that the vertical distance of the sorting cells (8', 8") which are arranged one above the other is twice the vertical distance between the discharge planes.
  3. Sorting apparatus according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the lifting height of the sorting cells which can be moved jointly vertically is equal to the vertical distance between two discharge planes (6') arranged one above the other.
  4. Sorting apparatus according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that the sorting cell has a tilting tray or a transverse belt.
  5. Sorting apparatus according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that a rack system or chute system has the discharge planes.
  6. Sorting apparatus according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized by at least a second movement unit, to which sorting cells are fixed at the level of discharge planes arranged one above another and cannot be moved.
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