CA3120440A1 - Singulating and orienting objects for feeding - Google Patents
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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| US201862657068P | 2018-04-13 | 2018-04-13 | |
| US62/657,068 | 2018-04-13 | ||
| PCT/CA2019/050462 WO2019195946A1 (en) | 2018-04-13 | 2019-04-15 | Singulating and orienting objects for feeding |
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| CA3120440A1 true CA3120440A1 (en) | 2019-10-17 |
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| EP (1) | EP3774606A4 (pt) |
| JP (1) | JP2021519687A (pt) |
| KR (1) | KR20200144122A (pt) |
| CN (2) | CN112135784B (pt) |
| AR (1) | AR114783A1 (pt) |
| BR (1) | BR112020020692A2 (pt) |
| CA (1) | CA3120440A1 (pt) |
| MX (1) | MX2020010600A (pt) |
| TW (1) | TW201943629A (pt) |
| WO (1) | WO2019195946A1 (pt) |
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| CN114212462B (zh) * | 2021-12-22 | 2024-03-26 | 无锡威孚奥特凯姆精密机械有限公司 | 检测转运机构 |
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| DE2320386A1 (de) * | 1973-04-21 | 1974-11-07 | Klaus Dipl Ing Spahn | Verfahren und geraet zur abscheidung fester und fluessiger partikel aus gasfoermigen medien |
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| JP2504221B2 (ja) * | 1989-09-30 | 1996-06-05 | 神鋼電機株式会社 | 部品整送装置 |
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| JP2013037538A (ja) * | 2011-08-08 | 2013-02-21 | Yarisute:Kk | 搬送式計数装置 |
| JP5936100B2 (ja) * | 2011-08-11 | 2016-06-15 | シンフォニアテクノロジー株式会社 | ワーク選別装置 |
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| WO2019195946A1 (en) | 2019-10-17 |
| TW201943629A (zh) | 2019-11-16 |
| MX2020010600A (es) | 2020-10-20 |
| CN116729950A (zh) | 2023-09-12 |
| CN112135784B (zh) | 2023-07-18 |
| AR114783A1 (es) | 2020-10-14 |
| BR112020020692A2 (pt) | 2021-01-12 |
| KR20200144122A (ko) | 2020-12-28 |
| EP3774606A4 (en) | 2022-01-05 |
| EP3774606A1 (en) | 2021-02-17 |
| CN112135784A (zh) | 2020-12-25 |
| JP2021519687A (ja) | 2021-08-12 |
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