Stick separating apparatus with improved radiation counter

Details Stick separating apparatus with improved radiation counter Stick separating apparatus with improved radiation counter

1979-12-10

1981-11-03

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

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

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

198425, 198503, 250223R, 250341, B65G 4714

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042981182

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for counting a plurality of pointed sticks and segregating the sticks into groups containing a predetermined count. The sticks are fed onto an endless conveyor belt from either a pointing or alignment station and are counted by a radiation counter either as they are dropped onto, or are delivered in side-by-side relationship on the conveyor. After a predetermined number of sticks are counted, a gate above the conveyor belt is actuated in response to an electronic signal received from the counter to release an accumulated, counted quantity of the sticks for delivery by the conveyor belt to a delivery location. The speed of the conveyor may be increased to space the sticks on the belt from those accumulated behind the gate. The segregated sticks are then manually removed and packaged. In one form of the invention, the use of an infrared counter enables an accurate count to be made even if the sticks are bunched together or lie one on top of the other as they are fed from the pointing station past the counter, while in another form, a special light emitting diode retro-reflective assembly enables an accurate count of the sticks even if disposed in a single layer in side-by-side engagement with each other.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4047033 (1977-09-01), Malmberg et al.
patent: 4062438 (1977-12-01), Cottrell
patent: 4146123 (1979-03-01), Cottrell

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