B07C 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. A43D33/06, B23Q7/12)
Description
B07C covers mechanical and automated systems for sorting discrete items and bulk materials into predetermined categories or destinations. This subclass encompasses postal sorting machinery, parcel sorting equipment, and piece-by-piece sorting of articles such as letters, packages, or industrial components. Applications include conveyor-based sorting systems, robotic picking mechanisms, optical or mechanical identification systems used to direct items to appropriate bins or routes, and manual or semi-automated workstations for item classification. The classification excludes general solid-solid separation processes (covered in B07B) and focuses specifically on sorting individual articles or materials that can be economically processed unit-by-unit rather than in bulk.
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B07C 1/00 Measures preceding sorting according to destination
- B07C 2201/00 Measures preceding sorting according to destination
- B07C 2301/00 Sorting according to destination
- B07C 2501/00 Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material to be sorted
- B07C 3/00 Sorting according to destination
- B07C 5/00 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 B07C7/00; separating solids from solids by sieving, screening, or sifting or by using gas currents or other separating by dry methods applicable to bulk material B07B)
- B07C 7/00 Sorting by hand only
- B07C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass