ATE206080T1 - SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING ARTICLES - Google Patents

SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING ARTICLES

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Publication number
ATE206080T1
ATE206080T1 AT95937231T AT95937231T ATE206080T1 AT E206080 T1 ATE206080 T1 AT E206080T1 AT 95937231 T AT95937231 T AT 95937231T AT 95937231 T AT95937231 T AT 95937231T AT E206080 T1 ATE206080 T1 AT E206080T1
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Prior art keywords
conveyor
stream
articles
article
singulating
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AT95937231T
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German (de)
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Hamish Alexander Nigel Kennedy
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Horticultural Automation Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
    • B07C5/342—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour
    • B07C5/3422—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour using video scanning devices, e.g. TV-cameras
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/361—Processing or control devices therefor, e.g. escort memory

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)
  • Discharge Of Articles From Conveyors (AREA)
  • Control Of Conveyors (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)

Abstract

An article grading conveyor has a multi-stream singulating conveyor (4) carrying and advancing articles to be graded to a discharge zone (3). Articles from the discharge zone (3) are received onto a single stream grading conveyor (1). Optical scanning of the articles is undertaken by a scanner (15) scanning a zone (10) of the singulating conveyor (4), to determine a physical attribute of each article. Means are provided to associate the scanned attribute of each article from the singulating conveyor (4) with its subsequent position on the single stream grading conveyor (1). A multi-stream singulator having at least two streams of cup, at least one stream of cups being a partial cup in advance of the other streams so that the items are discharged non-simultaneously is also disclosed.
AT95937231T 1994-11-01 1995-11-01 SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING ARTICLES ATE206080T1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NZ26483594 1994-11-01
PCT/NZ1995/000113 WO1996013340A1 (en) 1994-11-01 1995-11-01 Article grading apparatus

Publications (1)

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ATE206080T1 true ATE206080T1 (en) 2001-10-15

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EP (1) EP0789634B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE206080T1 (en)
AU (1) AU703594B2 (en)
DE (1) DE69522952D1 (en)
ES (1) ES2164782T3 (en)
WO (1) WO1996013340A1 (en)

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US4726898A (en) * 1982-09-30 1988-02-23 Pennwalt Corporation Apparatus for spinning fruit for sorting thereof
GB8432340D0 (en) * 1984-12-21 1985-02-06 British Res Agricult Eng Singulator
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EP0513501B1 (en) * 1991-05-14 1994-12-14 Elpatronic Ag Method and device for treatment, in particular for testing and/or encoding, of plastic bottles or of that kind
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EP0789634A1 (en) 1997-08-20
EP0789634B1 (en) 2001-09-26
EP0789634A4 (en) 1999-01-27
ES2164782T3 (en) 2002-03-01
AU703594B2 (en) 1999-03-25
WO1996013340A1 (en) 1996-05-09
AU3939495A (en) 1996-05-23
DE69522952D1 (en) 2001-10-31

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