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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120031818 | COMBINATION AIR/MECHANICAL REJECTION The present invention relates to a rejecter for a product sorting system comprising at least two different co-located rejection means wherein each rejection means is independently activatable to deflect a product from a sorting stream.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110278205 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONVEYING OBJECTS TO BE PROCESSED AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM A method and an apparatus of simply and rapidly conveying objects having no detected abnormalities, and a computer-readable storage medium storing a program for use in the conveying method and apparatus. When abnormalities on semiconductor wafers in a wafer boat are det... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110126505 | MOBILE SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE PICKING AND PRELIMINARY PROCESSING OF APPLES, CITRUS, STONE FRUIT AND LIKE OBJECTS A mobile system for improving the picking and preliminary processing of apples, citrus, stone fruit and the like is disclosed and claimed. The system comprises a mobile chassis upon which can be mounted picking stations, pneumatic tube transport subsystems, receiving an... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20090283455 | FLUIDIC STRUCTURES FOR MEMBRANELESS PARTICLE SEPARATION Fluidic structures for facilitating particle separation in curved or spiral devices are provided. The contemplated systems relate to various fluidic structures, implementations and selected fabrication techniques to realize construction of fluidic separation structures ... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090242466 | Automatic Vibratory Separator Methods for automatically controlling a vibratory separator, e.g., but not limited to a shale shaker for processing drilling fluid, the methods in certain aspects including: introducing material to a vibratory separator; sensing with sensor apparatus a state parameter i... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090134069 | Integrated Heater and Magnetic Separator An apparatus for providing thermal and magnetic energy to a receptacle containing a reaction mixture and a magnetic retention member. The apparatus can also control heating of a reaction mixture, and bring about a separation of magnetic particles from the reaction mixtu... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20080223769 | Method of singulating articles in a transport system In a method of singulating pockets in a mail processing system to extract mail items from the pockets, a first guide is provided within an extraction are. A second guide carrying a predetermined number of pockets is coupled to the first guide, wherein the pockets are ar... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20070246404 | Process and system for sorting and pitting fruit Drupaceous fruit pieces, including fruit flesh with and without pit matter adhering to the flesh as well as loose pits and pit pieces themselves, are passed through an integrated system of multiple sorting units utilizing different sorting methodologies. The sorting uni... | 10/25/2007 |
