DE69522952D1 - SEALING DEVICE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING ARTICLES - Google Patents

SEALING DEVICE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING ARTICLES

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DE69522952D1
DE69522952D1 DE69522952T DE69522952T DE69522952D1 DE 69522952 D1 DE69522952 D1 DE 69522952D1 DE 69522952 T DE69522952 T DE 69522952T DE 69522952 T DE69522952 T DE 69522952T DE 69522952 D1 DE69522952 D1 DE 69522952D1
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conveyor
stream
articles
article
singulating
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German (de)
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Alexander Kennedy
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Horticultural Automation Ltd
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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)
  • Control Of Conveyors (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Discharge Of Articles From Conveyors (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.
DE69522952T 1994-11-01 1995-11-01 SEALING DEVICE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING ARTICLES Expired - Lifetime DE69522952D1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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NZ26483594 1994-11-01
PCT/NZ1995/000113 WO1996013340A1 (en) 1994-11-01 1995-11-01 Article grading apparatus

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DE69522952D1 true DE69522952D1 (en) 2001-10-31

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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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DE102010015839A1 (en) † 2010-04-20 2011-10-20 Bizerba Gmbh & Co. Kg Control procedure for a line unifier
EP2711701B1 (en) 2012-09-21 2018-06-13 Wipotec Wiege- und Positioniersysteme GmbH Method for transillumination of products

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US4106628A (en) * 1976-02-20 1978-08-15 Warkentin Aaron J Sorter for fruit and the like
AU534616B2 (en) * 1977-12-16 1984-02-09 Ikanui Farms Ltd. Conveying articles into single file
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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
US4717026A (en) * 1986-04-03 1988-01-05 Golden Aluminum Company Container scanning and accounting device
US5086909A (en) * 1988-09-23 1992-02-11 Powell Machinery, Inc. Gentle handling of fruit during weight sizing and other operations
US5170880A (en) * 1991-04-17 1992-12-15 Agri-Tech, Incorporated Soft drop singulating device
DE59200942D1 (en) * 1991-05-14 1995-01-26 Elpatronic Ag Method and device for processing, in particular coding and / or testing, plastic bottles or the like.
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JP3327703B2 (en) * 1993-10-19 2002-09-24 マグネティック セパレイション システムズ インコーポレイテッド Classification device for uneven heterogeneous materials

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EP0789634A1 (en) 1997-08-20
WO1996013340A1 (en) 1996-05-09
ES2164782T3 (en) 2002-03-01
AU703594B2 (en) 1999-03-25
EP0789634A4 (en) 1999-01-27
EP0789634B1 (en) 2001-09-26
AU3939495A (en) 1996-05-23
ATE206080T1 (en) 2001-10-15

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