POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK...
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POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING (specially adapted for a specific purpose covered by another class, see the relevant place, e.g. A 43 D 33/06, B 23 Q 7/12)
Note
This subclass covers sorting of materials or articles by hand or by devices actuated, manually or automatically, as a result of inspection or of detection or measurement of some feature of the material or articles.
Postal sorting; Similar sorting of documents, e.g. cheques (tube mail systems B 65 G 51/04; sorting information records, e.g. punched cards, G 06 F 7/10)
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Measures preceding sorting according to destination
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Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating
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Forming a stream from a bulk; Regulating the stream, e.g. spacing the articles
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Orientating; Aligning
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10
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Sorting according to size or flexibility
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Separating letters from parcels
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14
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Sorting according to length or width
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Sorting according to thickness or stiffness
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Orientating articles other than in a stream
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Sorting according to orientation, e.g. according to position of stamp
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Sorting according to destination
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Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
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Drum-type sorting machines
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Linear sorting machines in which articles are removed from a stream at selected points
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08
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using arrangements of conveyers
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Apparatus characterised by the means used for detection of the destination (methods or arrangements for reading and recognising printed or written characters or geometric figures
G 06 K 9/00)
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using electric or electronic detecting means (B 07 C 3/14 takes precedence)
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using light-responsive detecting means
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using magnetic detecting means
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Devices or arrangements for indicating destination, e.g. by code marks
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Arrangements for facilitating the visual reading of addresses, e.g. display arrangements
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Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches (sorting by hand only B 07 C 7/00; separating solids from solids by sieving, screening, or sifting or by using gas currents or other separating by dry methods applicable to bulk material B 07 B) [3]
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Measures preceding sorting, e.g. arranging articles in a stream, orientating
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Sorting according to size
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measured mechanically
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07
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by calipering using relatively moving article-engaging means, e.g. clamps [2]
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measured electrically or electronically (B 07 C 5/10 takes precedence)
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10
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measured by light-responsive means
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12
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characterised by the application to particular articles, not otherwise provided for (sorting eggs A 01 K 43/00)
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14
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Sorting timber or logs
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Sorting according to weight (sorting eggs A 01 K 43/00; weighing apparatus per seG 01 G)
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using a single stationary weighing mechanism
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for separating articles of less than a predetermined weight from those of more than that weight
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using a plurality of stationary weighing mechanisms
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using moving weighing mechanisms, e.g. moving along a circular path
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wherein the counterbalancing effect of the weighing mechanisms is varied during such movement
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using electrical control means
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30
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with associated counting means
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32
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with associated check-weighing means
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Sorting according to other particular properties
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according to optical properties, e.g. colour
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according to electric or electromagnetic properties
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according to radioactive properties
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Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
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Collecting or arranging articles in groups
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Sorting by hand only
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Compartmented furniture, e.g. pigeon-holes (storage racks B 65 G)
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Apparatus or accessories for hand picking
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Sorting, with or without orientating, not otherwise provided for
