Device for classifying products
AssigneeDe Greef's Wagen-, Carrosserie- en Machinebouw B.V.
InventorJacob Hendrik De Greef
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Abstract
Device for classifying products such as fruits, comprising: a number of product carriers for carrying the products in a transport path of a conveyor with classification outlets, radiating means for irradiating the products, one or more radiation receiving elements for receiving a radiation sample of radiation emitted by the radiating means once it has irradiated the product during transport of the products by the conveyor.
Claims49
-43. (canceled)
A system for classifying products being transported by a conveyor having product classification outlets, the system comprising:
- a plurality of product carriers for carrying the products in a transport path of the conveyor;
- means for radiating the products during transport of the products by the conveyor;
- and
- means for receiving a sample of radiation emitted by the radiating means after having irradiated one or more products,
- wherein the radiation receiving means is movable and co-displaces with the plurality of product carriers.
(canceled)
A product carrier associated with a conveyor, the product carrier comprising a structure having a downward narrowing contour as seen from above for holding a product in the middle of the product carrier, wherein the contour has three or more lines or surfaces for supporting the product.
A method for measuring characteristics of a product, the method comprising the steps of:
- radiating the product;
- receiving a light sample having passed through the product;
- and
- performing one or more measurements on the light sample.
A method for measuring characteristics of produce wherein pieces of produce are transported along a transport path via a conveyor, the method comprising the steps of:
- illuminating one or more pieces of produce during transport;
- receiving a light sample of light from the illuminating means which is radiated through the produce;
- performing one or more measurements on the light sample;
- classifying the one or more pieces of produce according to the one or measurements;
- and
- sorting the pieces of produce by class.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.