System for Removing Shards From Table-Top Conveyors
OwnerDaniel G. Snyderinventor
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods including: a conveyor belt (302) having a plurality of openings (608, 610, 612); a first plurality of nozzles (314) disposed in complementary opposition to a top surface (310) of the conveyor belt; a shard plate (318, 320) disposed below the top surface of the conveyor belt opposite from the plurality of nozzles, the shard plate disposed at an angle from the conveyor belt; and a shard catch (322, 324) disposed along at least one edge of the shard plate; where shard passes through the openings of the conveyor belt, falls onto the shard plate, and is collected in the shard catch.
Claims19
A conveyor belt filter system, comprising:
- a conveyor belt having a plurality of openings;
- a first plurality of nozzles disposed in complementary opposition to a top surface of the conveyor belt;
- a shard plate disposed below the top surface of the conveyor belt opposite from the plurality of nozzles, the shard plate disposed at an angle from the conveyor belt;
- and
- a shard catch disposed along at least one edge of the shard plate;
- wherein shard passes through the openings of the conveyor belt, falls onto the shard plate, and is collected in the shard catch.
A conveyor belt filter method, comprising:
- translating a conveyor belt having a plurality of openings past a first plurality of nozzles disposed in complementary opposition to a top surface of the conveyor belt;
- blowing a plurality of shards using the first plurality of nozzles from the top surface of the conveyor belt in a trajectory through openings of the plurality of openings in the translating conveyor belt;
- and
- receiving the plurality of shards on the shard plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.