ARTICLE SORTING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the necessity of manual number adjustment and prevent coexistence of non-defectives and defectives in an article sorting device.SOLUTION: The article sorting device 1 comprises a plurality of transportation means 3 that transport supplied articles W belonging to the same lot, inspection means 4 that are provided in the transportation means 3, sorting means 5 that are provided in the transportation means 3 and selectively set at one of a passing position A, a standby position B, and a rejection position C, and a control means 10. When the articles W in all the transportation means 3 are acceptable, all the sorting means 5 are set to the passing position A. When the articles W in at least one of the transportation means 3 are unacceptable, the sorting means 5 concerned are set to the rejection position C and the other sorting means 5 are set at the standby position B. Only when non-defectives are stored in all the transportation means 3, the articles are supplied to the subsequent stage, thereby eliminating the coexistence of non-defectives and defectives.