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)
Introduced: September 1968
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.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
CPC: 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)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
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)
Of 8 combined children, 5 exist in both systems.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 3 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B07C 2501/00 Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material to be sorted 2nd only +10 CPC CPC only CPC only
- 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) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B07C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC