Apparatus for the selection and sorting of objects
OwnerFrancesco Canzianiinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for selectively sorting objects which comprises a fixed conveyor table having guide rails thereon and an endless conveyor member movable over the table. The conveyor member is formed of a plurality of connected plates which each have a slot therein and which each include a slidably mounted pushing element. The pushing element includes a throttle planet wheel comprising at least two spaced rollers engageable with the rail to move the slider transversely across the respective plate. Objects are thus discharged from the conveyor at selected stations spaced along the conveyor travel path. Each station is provided with a multi-positioned hopper which can supply the discharge object into one of a plurality of containers.
Claims11
An apparatus for selectively sorting objects comprising:
- a fixed conveyor table;
- an endless conveyor member mounted on said table for movement thereon in a conveyor path, said conveyor member made of a plurality of connected plates, a pushing element slidably mounted on each plate for movement in a transverse direction to said conveying path for discharging an object from said conveyor member;
- a plurality of object reception stations disposed along said table in said conveying path;
- transverse drive means connected to said table in the vicinity of each station for sliding at least ne of said pushing elements in said transverse direction;
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- multi-positioned hopper means at each of said stations for directing an object discharged from said conveyor member toward one of a plurality of spaced locations, spaced transversely to said conveying path;
- said transverse drive means comprising guide rail means connected to said table in the vicinity of each station having selectively openable and closeable interruptions therein, and a throttle planet wheel connected to each pusher element below its respective plate and engageable with at least one of said guide rail means, said throttle planetwheels comprising a frame rotatably mounted to said pusher element, at least two spaced rollers on said frame and biasing means connected to said frame for aligning the spacing between said rollers with said conveyor path, said frame alignable with at least one interruption to pass through said one interruption with said one interruption open and to move along said one interruption with said one interruption closed to move said pushing element in said transverse direction.
An apparatus for selectively sorting objects comprising:
- a fixed conveyor table;
- an endless conveyor member mounted on said table for movement thereon in a conveying path, said conveyor member made of a plurality of connected plates;
- a pushing element slidably mounted on each plate for movement in a transverse direction to said conveying path for discharging an object from said conveyor member;
- a plurality of object reception stations disposed along said table in said conveying path;
- guide rail means connected to said table in the vicinity of each station having selectively openable and closeable interruptions therein;
- and a throttle planet wheel connected to each pushing element below its respective plate and engageable with at least one of said guide rail means to be guided therealong to move said pushing element across its respective plate, said throttle planet wheel comprising a frame pivotally mounted to said pushing element, a least two spaced rollers connected to said frame and biasing means connected to said frame for aligning the spacing between said rollers with said conveyor path, said frame alignable with at least one of said interruptions to pass through said one interruption with said interruption open and move along said interruption with said interruption closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.