Self-cleaning splitter
AssigneeEriez Manufacturing Co.
InventorsMichael J. Mankosa, Christopher D. Cedzo, Gregory Nowak, Christopher Knoll, Everett Hull
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Abstract
A splitter that physically delineates the travel path between material steams having different trajectories mounted on a metal sorting system. The splitter has an outer edge and comprising an automatic mechanism located at the outer edge for removing accumulated debris from the splitter. The automatic mechanism may be a sliding body that moves across said outer edge or a retractable blade extends and retracts to remove debris from the splitter.
Claims12
A splitter arranged to physically delineate the travel path between material steams having different trajectories comprising:
- the splitter having an outer edge;
- an automatic mechanism located at said outer edge for removing accumulated debris from the splitter;
- said automatic mechanism is a retractable blade;
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- said automatic mechanism is actuated by at least a signal caused by debris accumulation on the splitter disrupting the path of a light source to an optical sensor.
A splitter arranged to physically delineate the travel path between material steams having different trajectories comprising:
- the splitter having an outer edge;
- an automatic mechanism located at said outer edge for removing accumulated debris from the splitter;
- said automatic mechanism is a sliding body that moves across said outer edge;
- and
- said automatic mechanism is actuated by at least a signal caused by debris accumulation on the splitter disrupting the path of a light source to an optical sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.