B07C POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- Subclass:
- POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
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.
Related Keywords
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B07C 1/00 Measures preceding sorting of mail or documents according to destination
- B07C 3/00 Sorting of mail or documents 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
- B07C 7/00 Sorting by hand only
- B07C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass