Abstract
The function of the machine described is to distribute and convey the primary sorted packets selectively to the secondary sorting positions. Packets are manually loaded into frames of individual boxes provided with electromechanically or electropneumatically controlled flaps which sequentially discharge their load in a controlled and predetermined cycle on to bands beneath the machine. A system of underframe conveyors carries the packets to a series of tilted bands whose gates are operated by a controller on the packet sorting machine, thereby allowing discharge into the direct selection chutes or overhead storage units.
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