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US 2012/0195697 A1Published application
Apparatus for textile counting, sorting and classifying system
OwnerBryant R. Osiensky, David Rinella +2inventors
InventorsBryant R. Osiensky, David Rinella, Gerald W. Pelissier, Scott McMillan
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for transporting textile items into sorting bins with reduced energy consumption and improved load measuring accuracy and which provides textile item counting and sorting for a commercial laundry using vacuum air systems to move textiles into sorting bins and using a variable frequency drive to increase on/off response time of vacuum in the system.
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An apparatus for sorting textile workpieces comprising:
- an enclosed workpiece flow pathway comprising,
- a tube having a mouth for receiving a textile workpiece into said flow pathway,
- a diverter connected to said tube, said diverter having at least first and second exit pathways from said diverter and said diverter having a selectably repositionable diversion tube for receiving a workpiece entering said diverter and said diversion tube providing selectable directing of said workpiece to at least first and second exit pathways,
- means for selectably repositioning said diversion tube,
- a receiving arm connected to one of said first and second exit pathways of said diverter,
- a sorting bin for receiving a workpiece from said receiving arm, and
- means for generating suction airflow within said flow pathway to provide movement of said workpiece through said flow pathway.
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An apparatus for sorting textile workpieces comprising:
- an enclosed workpiece flow pathway comprising,
- a tube having a mouth for receiving a textile workpiece into said flow pathway,
- a diverter connected to said tube, said diverter having at least first and second exit pathways from said diverter and said diverter having a selectably repositionable diversion tube for receiving a workpiece entering said diverter and said diversion tube providing selectable directing of said workpiece to at least first and second exit pathways,
- means for selectably repositioning said diversion tube,
- a receiving arm connected to one of said first and second exit pathways of said diverter,
- a sorting bin for receiving a workpiece from said receiving arm, said sorting bin is an inverted cone having a cylindrical section extending upwardly from said cone base and said cone having an apical portion terminating in a flat door generally covering the diameter of the cone near the apex of the cone and said receiving arm being connected in tangential arrangement to the side of said cylinder section and,
- a motor operated fan for generating suction airflow within said flow pathway to provide movement of said workpiece through said flow pathway.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.