Roller for orientation of fruit

Details Roller for orientation of fruit Roller for orientation of fruit

1986-07-28

1988-03-15

Werner, Frank E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...

By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...

198779, 209701, B65G 4724

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047307196

ABSTRACT:
Rollers for use with singulators for orienting articles, typically fruit, prior to optical sensing, for example, of the fruit's surfaces, wherein fruit having diverse diameters, irregular shapes and bumpy surfaces are properly oriented by contacting a pair of symmetrically disposed truncated conical surfaces sloping uniformly inwardly to a point short of center to form a sheave portion, as well as a deep pocket within each roller and between adjacent rollers, and wherein spacing between rollers remains constant notwithstanding the diverse diameters of the fruit. A drive belt is engageable within the sheave portion of the roller for controlling speed and direction of rotation of the rollers.

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patent: 2717071 (1955-09-01), Cook
patent: 2921669 (1960-01-01), Bainbridge
patent: 3013661 (1961-12-01), Strubhar
patent: 3715024 (1973-02-01), Mumma
patent: 4184598 (1980-01-01), Cowlin et al.
patent: 4213533 (1980-07-01), Sardo
patent: 4422543 (1983-12-01), Stubbings
patent: 4482061 (1984-11-01), Leverett

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