Classifying – separating – and assorting solids – Sorting special items – and certain methods and apparatus for... – Nonconveying driven means for turning item at separating or...
Patent
1989-06-14
1991-06-04
Hajec, Donald T.
Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus for...
Nonconveying driven means for turning item at separating or...
209558, 209564, 209550, 209592, 209939, 356386, 358106, 364478, B07C 502, B07C 534
Patent
active
050206753
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for sorting articles having a roller conveyor for moving articles through an inspection region where they are scanned by a camera. From the scans, the position of boundaries of the articles is determined so that the existence and location of the articles can be identified. Color counts, representative of the color of the articles are made from the scans and are correlated with the appropriate article identified. Load cells produce weight information which is similarly correlated with the appropriate articles. The information is fed to a processor which is arranged to track the articles through the inspection region and is arranged to route the articles differently in accordance with the color counts and/or weight information correlated therewith.
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Clark Leslie
Cowlin Simon
Dennis Timothy
Gunawardena Charith
Hajec Donald T.
Lockwood Graders (UK) Limited
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