Classifying – separating – and assorting solids – Precedent preparation of items or materials to facilitate... – Sorting special items or sorting by methods and apparatus...
Patent
1985-06-12
1987-09-15
Reeves, Robert B.
Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Precedent preparation of items or materials to facilitate...
Sorting special items or sorting by methods and apparatus...
40361, 209564, 209583, 353112, 353113, 364478, 414 32, 414 47, B07C 500, G02B 2702, B65H 3124
Patent
active
046933735
ABSTRACT:
A computer-controlled slide previewer, sorter, projector tray loader and archiving system. Slides are held in a stack in a hopper in a known sequence. A slide release mechanism is provided to deliver one slide from the stack of slides to a position over one of a plurality of sorting bins or compartments of a projector tray. An accession number is derived for each slide either from a number read from a label affixed to the slide or from the relative position of the slide in the hopper. This accession number is transmitted to a sorting logic. In accordance with a sort algorithm using the accession number, the sorting logic positions the appropriate bin or compartment to receive the slide. The sorting logic then activates the release mechanism to deliver the slide into the bin or compartment positioned to receive the slide. The computer records the number of the bin or projector tray, the slide's accession number, and the relative position of the slide in the bin (or projector tray) for use in future retrieval of the slide.
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Lamb Owen L.
Maclay William R.
Lamb Owen L.
Reeves Robert B.
Slide Management Systems, Inc.
Wacyra Edward M.
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