ES344366A1 - Apparatus for sorting comestible and other objects - Google Patents

Apparatus for sorting comestible and other objects

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Publication number
ES344366A1
ES344366A1 ES344366A ES344366A ES344366A1 ES 344366 A1 ES344366 A1 ES 344366A1 ES 344366 A ES344366 A ES 344366A ES 344366 A ES344366 A ES 344366A ES 344366 A1 ES344366 A1 ES 344366A1
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potato
photo
colour
tube
potatoes
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ES344366A
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Spanish (es)
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Ampex Corp
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Ampex Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/84—Systems specially adapted for particular applications
    • G01N21/88—Investigating the presence of flaws or contamination
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P80/00—Climate change mitigation technologies for sector-wide applications
    • Y02P80/10—Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier
    • 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
    • Y10S209/906—Pneumatic or liquid stream feeding item
    • 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
    • Y10S209/934—Moving items to sorting means in spaced relation lengthwise of feed path

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  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Biochemistry (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Immunology (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Investigating Materials By The Use Of Optical Means Adapted For Particular Applications (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Apparatuses For Bulk Treatment Of Fruits And Vegetables And Apparatuses For Preparing Feeds (AREA)

Abstract

In an arrangement for developing a rejection signal in respect of an object which is viewed to determine whether a selected characteristic is up to a desired standard, the presence of the object in the viewing zone is detected to permit a rejection signal if existent to be used at a sorting station and to effect normalization of the photo-electric viewing apparatus as the object leaves the zone. Potatoes are pumped with a fluid to pass singly and separately through an instruction station comprising a transparent tube 42 Fig. 3, through a head 41 having an odd number of photo-multipliers 57 looking along diameters into the tube from a surrounding cylindrical wall 43. The potatoes are illuminated by a ring of lamps 47 and an outer sleeve 46 containing fluid is provided around the tube so that a potato in contact with the inner tube wall will have the same appearance. A card or plate 49 having a predetermined colour is mounted on the inner wall of housing 43 opposite each viewer to serve as an optical standard against which the colour and reflectance of each potato may be determined, a darker colour being arranged to produce a bigger output. In the absence of a potato, the photomultiplier output is set or normalized by a D. C. feedback circuit and the feedback signal is maintained by a capacitor when the arrival of a potato is detected by a further longitudinally-spaced pair of photo-cells so that an output from the photo-multipliers is developed only if the colour differs from reference plate 49, and irrespective of the condition of the intervening fluid. The further pair of photo-cells serve also to measure the length of a potato, and the ejecting compressed air blast is controlled accordingly, i. e. one of two delay times for a short or long potato is selected and the blast time adjusted. Separate jets may be selectively operated. The rejected potatoes are deflected sideways beyond a separating wall for conveyance to a reject bin. Electromagnetically controlled compressed air jets are described with reference to Figs. 9 and 10 (not shown).
ES344366A 1966-08-24 1967-08-23 Apparatus for sorting comestible and other objects Expired ES344366A1 (en)

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US574664A US3382975A (en) 1966-08-24 1966-08-24 Apparatus for sorting comestible and other objects

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ES344366A1 true ES344366A1 (en) 1968-10-01

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US (1) US3382975A (en)
AT (1) AT289652B (en)
DE (1) DE1572553B1 (en)
ES (1) ES344366A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1551918A (en)
GB (1) GB1172751A (en)
NO (1) NO128256B (en)
SE (1) SE337121B (en)

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US4454029A (en) * 1981-05-27 1984-06-12 Delta Technology Corporation Agricultural product sorting
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Publication number Publication date
FR1551918A (en) 1969-01-03
SE337121B (en) 1971-07-26
US3382975A (en) 1968-05-14
NO128256B (en) 1973-10-22
AT289652B (en) 1971-05-10
DE1572553B1 (en) 1970-11-12
GB1172751A (en) 1969-12-03

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