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US 9,999,906 B2Granted
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AssigneeJohn Bean Technologies Corporation
InventorsRichard D. Stockard, James A. Chalmers
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Abstract
A method and system for sorting workpieces, such as chicken nuggets. The sorting system includes a conveyor system that advances in a forward direction and one or more blow off bars positioned over the conveyor system. The blow off bars extend along the forward advancing direction. The blow off bars include one or more valved nozzles connected to a pressurized source of a fluid, and the nozzles are positioned to discharge the fluid across the conveyor system.
Claims19
A sorting system, comprising:
- a conveyor system that advances in a forward direction;
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- one or more blow off bars positioned over the conveyor system, wherein an elongated dimension of the blow off bars extends along the forward advancing direction, wherein the blow off bars include one or more valved nozzles connected to a pressurized source of a fluid, and the nozzles are positioned to discharge the fluid across the conveyor system, and wherein one or more of the elongated blow off bars are positioned between different lane divisions occupying a portion of a width of the conveyor system, and wherein the valved nozzles of the elongated blow off bars in the different lane divisions are programmed to open based on a characteristic depending on the lane division.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.