GB1144779A - Improvements relating to sorting machines - Google Patents

Improvements relating to sorting machines

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Publication number
GB1144779A
GB1144779A GB2699666A GB2699666A GB1144779A GB 1144779 A GB1144779 A GB 1144779A GB 2699666 A GB2699666 A GB 2699666A GB 2699666 A GB2699666 A GB 2699666A GB 1144779 A GB1144779 A GB 1144779A
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Prior art keywords
shoot
belt
objects
endless
sorted
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GB2699666A
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George Samuel White
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Gunsons Sortex Ltd
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Gunsons Sortex 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
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/363—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution by means of air
    • B07C5/365—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution by means of air using a single separation means
    • 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

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  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)

Abstract

1,144,779. Shoots; endless conveyers. GUNSON'S SORTEX Ltd. 13 June, 1967 [16 June, 1966], No. 26996/66. Headings B8A and B8S. [Also in Division B2] In a sorting machine objects to be sorted are delivered to a sorting zone 15 by means of a shoot 13, Figs. 1-3, and/or an endless belt 30, Fig. 4, having a surface made of P.T.F.E. The shoot and/or belt is provided with a number of longitudinally extending ribs 24 or 31 so that the surface contact between the shoot and/or belt and the objects is reduced. The objects, e.g. diced potatoes or carrots to be sorted in accordance with their colour, or frozen peas, are delivered from a hopper 10 on to a feed table 11 vibrated by an electromagnetic vibrator 12 and pass down the shoot 13 in substantially single file to enter the zone 15 where they are viewed against a background 17 by photo-sensitive equipment 16. Signals are passed from the latter to a comparator 20 so that when an undesired object is viewed a signal is passed to an ejector 21 which removes the undesired object by a blast of air. The shoot 13, Figs. 2 and 3, which has a funnelshaped portion 22 communicating with a U- shaped channel portion 23 may be made of aluminium and is lined internally with a layer 25 of P.T.F.E. The ribs 24 may be triangular in cross-section. In addition to, or in lieu of, the table 11 there may be provided an endless triangular-ribbed belt 30, Fig. 4, which may be formed of an anti-static elastomeric material and which is provided on its outer surface with a layer of P.T.F.E. Alternatively, the belt is formed entirely of P.T.F.E.
GB2699666A 1966-06-16 1966-06-16 Improvements relating to sorting machines Expired GB1144779A (en)

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2134818A (en) * 1983-02-09 1984-08-22 Satake Eng Co Ltd Sorting apparatus for granular materials
US4474311A (en) * 1981-07-31 1984-10-02 Nordson Corporation Thermoplastic melting and dispensing apparatus
WO2010073004A1 (en) * 2008-12-23 2010-07-01 Buhler Sortex Ltd Sorting method and apparatus

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4474311A (en) * 1981-07-31 1984-10-02 Nordson Corporation Thermoplastic melting and dispensing apparatus
GB2134818A (en) * 1983-02-09 1984-08-22 Satake Eng Co Ltd Sorting apparatus for granular materials
WO2010073004A1 (en) * 2008-12-23 2010-07-01 Buhler Sortex Ltd Sorting method and apparatus
CN102325605A (en) * 2008-12-23 2012-01-18 布勒索特克斯有限公司 Sorting method and apparatus
US9000319B2 (en) 2008-12-23 2015-04-07 Buhler Sortex Ltd Sorting method and apparatus
CN102325605B (en) * 2008-12-23 2016-01-20 布勒索特克斯有限公司 The method and apparatus of sorting

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