B - Operations – Transporting – 07 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
07
C
B07C 5/10 (2006.01) B07C 5/02 (2006.01) B07C 5/12 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2268505
An apparatus and a method for sorting items with a significant variance in size. This equipment utilises a series of paddle-style blades to convert a randomised array of conveyor-fed items first into a plurality of organised linear, one-by-one flows as is often required for machine-vision inspection, and secondly delivers elements of said flow into graded categories. In one embodiment, this system sorts skeins of herring roe, but the singulation stage may be used with equal utility on other product, especially where such product displays a wide variance in size. In said one embodiment, skeins are dumped, or otherwise delivered onto a conveyor, table, or other receiving surface. A first singulation stage of said apparatus divides, linearises, and separates a flow of said skeins so that said skeins are arranged lengthwise and conveyed onto a plurality of narrow inspection conveyors, through a grading station and onward to ejection stations. Said ejection stations employ air nozzles utilising the coanda effect to selectively remove said items from said narrow inspection conveyors. By utilising said air nozzles, a required separation between said items is minimised and solenoids controlling said air-flow may be mounted remotely and operate on a low volume of high-pressure air. Overall, gentle handling of a product being sorted is ensured.
Gagnon Philippe
Lizotte Marcel
Stevens Robert W. C.
Varghese Zubin
Gagnon Philippe
Lizotte Marcel
Stevens Robert W. C.
Varghese Zubin
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