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
1991-08-05
1993-05-25
Shaver, Kevin P.
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...
209579, 209586, 209653, 209657, 376261, B07B 1300
Patent
active
052132188
ABSTRACT:
A pellet diameter inspection system has a laser scanning apparatus operable for detecting and measuring the outside diameter of the pellets, a pellet transfer apparatus operable for transferring pellets end-to-end in a row along a feed path past the laser scanning apparatus, and a pellet reject apparatus operable for removing from the feed path any off-sized diameter pellets measured by the laser scanning apparatus. The pellet reject apparatus includes an ejector member and a support member capable of supporting the ejector member along and adjacent to one side of the feed path and of moving the ejector member through an eject stroke across the feed path from a home position to an end position in order to remove pellets from the feed path and through a reverse stroke across the feed path from the end position to the home position. The pellet reject apparatus also includes an actuator mounted to the support member and, in turn, mounting the ejector member.
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DiGrande John T.
Gallagher Arlett J.
Kaufman Joseph A.
Shaver Kevin P.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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