Agitating apple orientor

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1995-03-27

1996-08-13

Bidwell, James R.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...

By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...

B65G 4724

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055447317

ABSTRACT:
An apple orienting apparatus is provided wherein one or more agitating spools are utilized to constantly agitate and rotate an apple until it is properly oriented. The agitator spools are mounted in an eccentric or off-center fashion to produce a wobble or eccentric motion in addition to rotational motion. The mechanism is especially useful with elongated apples but also is effective in orienting relatively round apples as well.

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patent: 4033450 (1977-07-01), Paddock et al.
patent: 4872564 (1989-10-01), van der Schoot

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