Article grading apparatus

Details Article grading apparatus Article grading apparatus

1997-08-01

2000-07-25

Nguyen, Tuan N.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...

By passive material-diverting means placed across the flow path

19837004, 209912, B65G 3700

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060926406

ABSTRACT:
A plurality of carriers (1) and spaced apart along an endless conveyor in an article grading apparatus. The articles are supported between a roller (2) and a back plate (7). The rollers (2) can be raised and rotated, at which time, superfluous articles supported between the rollers (2) of consecutive carriers will be ejected so that with the lowering of the roller (2), only one or a selected number of the articles remain in a particular carrier (1).

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