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
1993-01-14
1993-10-19
Skaggs, M. Grant
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...
209586, 209587, 209921, 250223R, 250560, 382 8, 382 25, 358101, 198454, B07C 502
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active
052537650
ABSTRACT:
A system for sorting randomly oriented objects of various sizes based upon the size of the object includes a transport for conveying a series of objects from an input location to one of a plurality of output locations. An image system is disposed along the transport for capturing the image of each object to be sorted. An image processor detects the minimum and maximum linear dimension of each object based upon the captured image. The image processor further determines the shape of each object based upon the captured image. The minimum or maximum linear dimension is selected based upon the shape of the object. The object is categorized by size based upon the selected minimum or maximum dimension. Structure is provided for selectively routing the object based upon the categorized object size to one of the plurality of output locations.
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Anderson John K.
Jeske Charles E.
Moorehead Robert M.
Druzbick Carol L.
L.M.B. Electronics, Inc.
Skaggs M. Grant
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