Classifying – separating – and assorting solids – Sorting special items – and certain methods and apparatus for... – Sorting eggs or components thereof
Patent
1992-01-21
1994-01-11
Skaggs, H. Grant
Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus for...
Sorting eggs or components thereof
209587, 209643, 209698, 209701, 209939, 356237, 250563, 250223R, A01K 4304
Patent
active
052773205
ABSTRACT:
An improved shell egg culling system includes a conveying system having sites for conveying shell eggs, an illuminator together with a video camera in conjunction with a computer having a first algorithm and a second algorithm for determining which of the sites contain shell eggs having broken shells and which contain shell eggs having soiled shells, a plurality of bridges in side-by-side relationship which are controlled by the computer to remove shell eggs having broken shells from the conveying system for discarding, and a platform having a plurality of downwardly directed, suction-activated lifters which are controlled by the computer to remove shell eggs having soiled shells from the conveying system for recycling through a washer.
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Corkill Duane E.
Guy, Jr. Norman B.
Druzbick Carol Lynn
Seymour, Inc.
Skaggs H. Grant
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