To provide an article sorting installation without decreasing processing speed while suppressing any cost necessary for indicator control regardless of any increase in commodities to be sorted.
An indication state is controlled while being connected to an indicating means provided on a placing shelf in response to every kind of commodity, the first indication control means 31 provided for each of prescribed number of indication means, the second indication control part 32 making a set with the first indication control means 31, in response to the input/output for the information and indication from a concentrated control part having information of the articles taken out from an article placing shelf, and a memory part 33 for storing each information while being connected individually to the first indication control part 31 and the second indication control part 32 are provided so that the operation of the first indication control part and that of the second indication control part may be made not to interfere with each other.
ITO HIROSHI
WATANABE KENJI
