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US 2015/0027934 A1Published application
Sorting system for damaged product
AssigneeBratney Companies
InventorsThomas R. Johnston, Curt Matthew Davis
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Abstract
A sorting system having a plurality of sorting assemblies where each sorting assembly has an image device that transmits an image of product to a controller that then actuates a robotic sorting device to remove damaged product through a suction tube based upon the transmitted image.
Claims6
A sorting system, comprising:
- a first conveyor mounted to a frame;
- an image device mounted to the frame above the first conveyor;
- a controller connected to the image device wherein the controller detects damaged product based upon information transmitted by the image device;
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- a sorting device connected to the controller wherein the controller moves the sorting device over and down to remove detected damaged product.
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A sorting system, comprising:
- a first sorting assembly associated with a first conveyor;
- a second sorting assembly associated with a second conveyor and positioned downstream from the first conveyor;
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- a third sorting assembly associated with a third conveyor that receives damaged product from the first and the second sorting assemblies.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.