Ball diverter and converger

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1997-06-11

1999-08-03

Pike, Andrew C.

Conveyors: fluid current

Load flow diverter, divider, or combiner

Movable conduit section

406183, B65G 5102

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059316110

ABSTRACT:
A ball cleaning system incorporates an object converger and diverter. The converger accepts objects from a plurality of inputs at a housing and uses a flexible tube to selectively connect each input to a single output. A motor, elongated member, and actuator move the flexible tube between inputs. The diverter includes a Y-shaped assembly, a solenoid, and a gate wherein the solenoid selectively moves the gate across the Y-shaped assembly so that objects passing through the Y-shaped assembly are directed down different branches of the Y. The actuator is a linear actuator.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3367603 (1968-02-01), Feyerherd
patent: 4938636 (1990-07-01), Aidlin et al.
patent: 5622457 (1997-04-01), Thiele
patent: 5647089 (1997-07-01), Hollrock
patent: 5673918 (1997-10-01), Bigari
Hygenie Brochure from trade show Nov. 1994 showing a ball washing apparatus invented by inventor, pp. 1-9.

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