Classifying – separating – and assorting solids – Sorting special items – and certain methods and apparatus for... – Separating means
Patent
1981-08-10
1984-01-03
Reeves, Robert B.
Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus for...
Separating means
209573, 414 27, B07C 900, B07C 5344
Patent
active
044238150
ABSTRACT:
A component sorting apparatus (110), (210) having a shuttle carrier (142), (278) on which are provided a pair of shuttle rails (116), (118) and (216), (218) spaced from one another in fixed relation a distance determined by the spacing between any two contiguous paths (122), (222) of an output tray (120), (220) associated with the shuttle carriage. By this arrangement, each of the rails of the shuttle (114), (214) need travel only one half of the width of the associated output tray; a distance corresponding to roughly one half of the number of outputs, depending on whether there are even or odd number of same. It is proposed to employ either a slide-crank mechanism (164), (166), (170) or a capstan/encoder drive system (306) for reciprocating the dual shuttle (114), (214), largely depending on the number of output paths provided in the apparatus. The shuttle according to the invention permits relatively large integrated circuits and other like-components to be sorted, making advisable the use of a positive advancing system in the output arrangement of the apparatus to prevent damage which may result due to the momentum resulting when such larger components are allowed to move under the influence of gravity on their substantial mass.
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Contrel Corporation
Hajec Donald
Reeves Robert B.
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