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US 2017/0334656 A1Published application
Systems, methods and apparatuses for changing the direction/speed of a workpiece
AssigneeUsnr, LLC
InventorsPetri Saastamo, Christopher W. Blomquist, Mike Dockter
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems, methods and assemblies comprising one or more tapered feed rolls. Tapered feed rolls may be used to change the rate and direction of workpiece travel along a processing line while retaining the workpieces in sequential order. Routing workpiece flow with tapered feed rolls may allow the workpieces to be tracked along one or more processing lines, and may reduce the operational space required for workpiece processing.
Claims3
A workpiece sorting system comprising:
- a frame;
- one or more conical rolls rotatably mounted to the frame;
- and
- a conveyor, the one or more conical rolls arrayed along the conveyor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.