Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or... – With selection responsive to means containing or introducing...
Patent
1985-05-29
1987-09-22
Reeves, Robert B.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor arrangement for selecting among plural sources or...
With selection responsive to means containing or introducing...
1984651, 19880312, 209656, 209927, 242 355A, B65G 4722, B65H 6706
Patent
active
046949496
ABSTRACT:
An article selecting system for sorting and discriminating a plurality of types of articles comprising a branch path provided intermediately of a transport path which transports n-types (n.gtoreq.3) of different articles for sorting articles of the n-types into 2 types of articles and n-2 types of articles, a gauge located at a particular position on a transport path for the 2 types of articles for displacing the articles to two positions in accordance with the 2 types, and an article arrival detecting sensor and an article presence detecting sensor for indicating whether a specific article type in present. In one embodiment, two specific article types are allowed to progress along a selected path due to an overlappig coding feature of such two specific article types, while all other article types are diverted to a different path. In another embodiment in which there are three article types, one specific article type is allowed to progress along a selected path due to its particular coding, while the other two article types are diverted to a different path.
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Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
Reeves Robert B.
Wacyra Edward M.
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