Apparatus for sorting bottles and the like

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1975-11-07

1978-05-16

Hoffman, Drayton E.

Classifying, separating, and assorting solids

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With selective differentiation

209 73, B07C 900

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040894207

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for sorting bottles of two or more types. The apparatus comprises a feeding track for unsorted bottles and a number of discharge tracks for the different bottle types and a transporting mechanism in the form of a star wheel. The star wheel is provided with successive bottle pockets each arranged to receive a bottle from the feeding track. Each pocket is provided with a suction cup connected to a vacuum system and corresponding to the contour of one type of bottle for holding such bottle for detachment at a desired later discharge track but leaving the other type of bottle free to travel to a first discharge track.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3279599 (1966-10-01), Drennan
patent: 3327848 (1967-06-01), Barnhart et al.
patent: 3409128 (1968-11-01), Hutaff
patent: 3447679 (1969-06-01), Molins et al.

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