Classifying – separating – and assorting solids – Sorting special items – and certain methods and apparatus for... – Traveling items shifted to form line – or into end or edge...
Patent
1986-04-03
1988-01-05
Reeves, Robert B.
Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus for...
Traveling items shifted to form line, or into end or edge...
194205, 198451, 198786, 209551, 209583, 209644, 209701, 250224, 356428, 377 6, 235475, B07C 502, G06M 702
Patent
active
047170263
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus is provided to rapidly and automatically scan the UPC, or bar code, from a series of containers and maintain tallies of the brands and types of containers processed. The containers are fed in end-to-end orientation onto the upper end of the trough between an inclined pair of parallel rollers. Both rollers are rotated in the same direction, causing each container to spin as it slides down the length of the rollers. The inclination of the rollers causes the containers to accelerate, increasing the spacing between containers as they reach the lower end of the rollers. A number of scanners are positioned above the lower end of the rollers to read the UPC from each container.
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Fischer Gregory J.
Hopkins Larry
Golden Aluminum Company
Reeves Robert B.
Wacyra Edward M.
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