Classifying – separating – and assorting solids – Sorting special items – and certain methods and apparatus for... – Sorting cigarettes – cigars – or packages thereof
Patent
1990-09-14
1992-05-19
Huppert, Michael S.
Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus for...
Sorting cigarettes, cigars, or packages thereof
131907, 177145, 209593, 209924, 209941, 221200, 221266, B07C 518
Patent
active
051140152
ABSTRACT:
A device for sorting rod-like articles, for example cigarettes, according to their weight. The device feeds a single article from a hopper into a channel with the aid of two ribbed drums. The article then drops into a groove in a delivery shaft where it is tipped onto a series of "V"-shaped members located on the top of a balance. The weight of the article is determined and the article is then ejected by lifting arms onto the top wall of a ramp. The article is allowed to roll freely down the ramp. A microprocessor causes one of a number of doors in the top wall of the ramp to open according to the weight of the aritcle and the article then drops into a compartment below the ramp.
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Fabriques de Tabac Reunies, S.A.
Huppert Michael S.
Ingerman Jeffrey H.
Wacyra Edward M.
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