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US 11,833,546 B2Granted
In-feeding and rinsing device for grading systems
AssigneeStyle Ehf.
InventorEgill Thor Ragnarsson
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Abstract
In-feed device (1) for feeding objects onto a grading apparatus (13) for grading sensitive products. The in-feed device (1) comprises a new type of sliding plates (4, 5) and vibrating motors (7) to arrange the objects and to rinse small particles from the objects to be graded.
Claims8
An in-feed device for feeding, rinsing and arranging an uneven stream of individual objects onto a grading apparatus, wherein the in-feed device comprises:
- a frame;
- a receiving tray;
- one or more sliding plates each having an in-feed end, an out-feed end, a ridged bottom surface, and a gap between each of the ridged bottom surfaces;
- and
- one or more vibrating units attached to the frame, wherein the receiving tray and the one or more sliding plates are attached to the one or more vibrating units in an inclined position, wherein the gap between each of the ridged bottom surfaces increases in width from the in-feed end towards the out-feed end, wherein a last portion of each gap widens to form an opening in the ridged bottom surface for rinsed and arranged objects to fall through, and wherein a lowest sliding plate of the one or more sliding plates has a stopping member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.