Sorting apparatus
OwnerMarc Ruymeninventor
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Abstract
The invention concerns a sorting apparatus for granular products (7, 8), such as peas, nuts, raisins, and suchlike, with a detection system (3), a removal system (4) and a transport device (1), where the latter has a sloping distribution surface (1′) over which said products (7, 8) are moved, whereby said surface (1′) is convex over at least a certain distance in the direction of travel (10) of said products (7, 8), such that said surface (1′) has a curvature in the direction of fall of said products (7, 8) equal to or slightly less than that of the path (9) which the products would follow at said surface (1′) in free fall, independent of said surface (1′).
Claims16
Sorting apparatus for granular products (7,8) comprising a removal system (4), for eliminating foreign bodies or low-quality products (7) contained in a product stream having a width, a transport device (1) having a sloping distribution surface (1′) over which said products (7,8) are moved in a direction of travel, and a detection system (3) following said surface, said detection system comprising a laser beam (5) that moves over the width of the product stream, wherein said surface (1′) is convex in the direction of travel (10) of said products (7,8) such that said surface (1′) has a curvature in the travel direction slightly less than that of the path (9) which the products would follow in free fall, independent of said surface (1′).
Sorting apparatus for sticky, granular products (7, 8), comprising a detection system (3), a removal system (4) and a transport device (1), where the latter has a sloping distribution surface (1′) over which said products (7, 8) are moved, wherein said surface (1′) is straight and has an angle of slope which is preferably between 50° and 85°, where said detection system (3) has a device for producing at least one laser beam which moves across the width of the stream of products (7, 8).
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