EP0346045A3 - Product discrimination system and method therefor - Google Patents

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EP0346045A3
EP0346045A3 EP89305650A EP89305650A EP0346045A3 EP 0346045 A3 EP0346045 A3 EP 0346045A3 EP 89305650 A EP89305650 A EP 89305650A EP 89305650 A EP89305650 A EP 89305650A EP 0346045 A3 EP0346045 A3 EP 0346045A3
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discrimination system
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Gerald Ray Richert
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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
    • B07C5/3425—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour of granular material, e.g. ore particles, grain
EP89305650A 1988-06-09 1989-06-05 Product discrimination system and method therefor Expired - Lifetime EP0346045B1 (en)

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US20468588A 1988-06-09 1988-06-09
US204685 2005-08-16

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EP0346045A2 EP0346045A2 (en) 1989-12-13
EP0346045A3 true EP0346045A3 (en) 1990-06-20
EP0346045B1 EP0346045B1 (en) 1992-09-23

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AU (1) AU614619B2 (en)
DE (1) DE68902952T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2013194A6 (en)
IL (1) IL90441A (en)
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ZA (1) ZA894091B (en)

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US5156278A (en) * 1990-02-13 1992-10-20 Aaron James W Product discrimination system and method therefor
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GB2274165B (en) * 1990-04-24 1994-10-26 Gersan Ets Method and apparatus for examining a diamond
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US3993899A (en) * 1973-12-13 1976-11-23 Gunson's Sortex Limited Sorting machine with fiber optic focusing means
US4150287A (en) * 1978-02-01 1979-04-17 Amf Incorporated Optical system for use with color sorter or grader
US4454029A (en) * 1981-05-27 1984-06-12 Delta Technology Corporation Agricultural product sorting

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AU534431B2 (en) * 1979-01-19 1984-01-26 H F & Ph F Reemtsma, GmbH & Co. Sorting forein bodies from a material
JPS61216787A (en) * 1985-03-19 1986-09-26 株式会社　安西製作所 Mechanism deciding, selecting and removing mixed foreign matter
AU599931B2 (en) * 1985-10-29 1990-08-02 Roger Frederick Bailey Optical sorting apparatus

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US3993899A (en) * 1973-12-13 1976-11-23 Gunson's Sortex Limited Sorting machine with fiber optic focusing means
US4150287A (en) * 1978-02-01 1979-04-17 Amf Incorporated Optical system for use with color sorter or grader
US4454029A (en) * 1981-05-27 1984-06-12 Delta Technology Corporation Agricultural product sorting

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DE68902952T2 (en) 1993-02-04
NZ229341A (en) 1991-07-26
IL90441A0 (en) 1990-01-18
EP0346045A2 (en) 1989-12-13
DE68902952D1 (en) 1992-10-29
AU3582589A (en) 1989-12-14
ZA894091B (en) 1990-11-28
AU614619B2 (en) 1991-09-05
EP0346045B1 (en) 1992-09-23
ES2013194A6 (en) 1990-04-16
IL90441A (en) 1992-11-15

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