AU562250B2 - Particle sorting - Google Patents

Particle sorting

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AU562250B2
AU562250B2 AU17526/83A AU1752683A AU562250B2 AU 562250 B2 AU562250 B2 AU 562250B2 AU 17526/83 A AU17526/83 A AU 17526/83A AU 1752683 A AU1752683 A AU 1752683A AU 562250 B2 AU562250 B2 AU 562250B2
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Prior art keywords
particle sorting
sorting
particle
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AU17526/83A
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AU1752683A (en
Inventor
Alan Boyle
Albert Peter Hawkins
Alan Matthew Stone
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Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Ltd
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Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Ltd
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Priority to AU17525/83A priority Critical patent/AU573533B2/en
Priority to AU17526/83A priority patent/AU562250B2/en
Priority to US06/520,124 priority patent/US4549659A/en
Publication of AU1752683A publication Critical patent/AU1752683A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of AU562250B2 publication Critical patent/AU562250B2/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/361—Processing or control devices therefor, e.g. escort memory
    • B07C5/362—Separating or distributor mechanisms
    • 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
    • B07C5/02—Measures preceding sorting, e.g. arranging articles in a stream orientating
    • 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
    • B07C5/3425—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour of granular material, e.g. ore particles, grain
    • 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
    • B07C5/3425—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour of granular material, e.g. ore particles, grain
    • B07C5/3427—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour of granular material, e.g. ore particles, grain by changing or intensifying the optical properties prior to scanning, e.g. by inducing fluorescence under UV or x-radiation, subjecting the material to a chemical reaction
    • 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
    • B07C5/344—Sorting according to other particular properties according to electric or electromagnetic properties
    • 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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/908—Item fed by free fall
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/92—Vibratory feed conveyor
AU17526/83A 1982-08-04 1983-08-02 Particle sorting Expired AU562250B2 (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU17525/83A AU573533B2 (en) 1982-08-04 1983-08-02 Distribution of particles before sorting
AU17526/83A AU562250B2 (en) 1982-08-04 1983-08-02 Particle sorting
US06/520,124 US4549659A (en) 1982-08-04 1983-08-03 Particle sorting apparatus utilizing controllable corona discharge needle

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AUPF5199 1982-08-04
AU17526/83A AU562250B2 (en) 1982-08-04 1983-08-02 Particle sorting

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AU17525/83A Division AU573533B2 (en) 1982-08-04 1983-08-02 Distribution of particles before sorting

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AU1752683A AU1752683A (en) 1984-02-09
AU562250B2 true AU562250B2 (en) 1987-06-04

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU573533B2 (en) * 1982-08-04 1988-06-16 Argyle Diamond Mines Pty. Ltd. Distribution of particles before sorting
AU576289B2 (en) * 1985-04-09 1988-08-18 De Beers Industrial Diamond Division (Proprietary) Limited Separation of diamonds from diamond bearing material
AU616796B2 (en) * 1988-09-08 1991-11-07 De Beers Industrial Diamond Division (Proprietary) Limited Sorting apparatus

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU573533B2 (en) * 1982-08-04 1988-06-16 Argyle Diamond Mines Pty. Ltd. Distribution of particles before sorting
AU576289B2 (en) * 1985-04-09 1988-08-18 De Beers Industrial Diamond Division (Proprietary) Limited Separation of diamonds from diamond bearing material
AU616796B2 (en) * 1988-09-08 1991-11-07 De Beers Industrial Diamond Division (Proprietary) Limited Sorting apparatus

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