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US 5,305,893 AGranted
Conveyor system including flow diverter means
AssigneeBrown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
InventorCliff E. Hereford
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AssigneeBrown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
InventorCliff E. Hereford
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A conveyor system for moving small particles of material from one location to another includes a flow diverter to divert the flow leaving a first conveyor to a second or third conveyor wherein one of the second or third conveyors is a reject conveyor to remove that material which includes foreign objects therein. The flow diverter is operated in response to a foreign object detection device which is operable in response to material moving along the first conveyor wherein the information obtained from the foreign material detecting device is received in a computer, wherein the computer actuates a piston operated air cylinder to move a perforated sheet member from one location to another so that the flow of material from the first conveyor or any part of the material leaving the first conveyor may be diverted to a reject conveyor.
A conveyor system comprising:
A flow diverter comprising:
In a conveyor system having a first conveyor spaced from and disposed above second and third conveyor means, said second and third conveyor means being transverse to said first conveyor means and positioned at a discharge end of said first conveyor means, the improvement comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.