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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364043 | Fastener inspection system A high-speed fastener inspection system is provided to perform 100 percent inspection of various geometry features and to sort a large number of fasteners at high speed. The inspection system includes a rotary table having an outer periphery, an inner periphery, and... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7290665 | Automated high-throughput seed sample handling system and method A method and apparatus for processing seed or seed samples includes an autonomous sorter which sorts seed by pre-programmed criteria. Optional features can include a counter to autonomously ensure the correct number of seeds to a seed package, a cleaning device, a s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7262380 | Determination of characteristics of material A system for automatically inspecting matter for varying composition comprises one or more detection stations through which one or more streams of matter are advanced and particular materials therein are detected through their diffusely reflected IR spectra, if any,... | 08/28/2007 |
| 6706989 | Automated high-throughput seed sample processing system and method A method and apparatus for processing seed or seed samples includes an autonomous sorter which sorts seed by pre-programmed criteria. Optional features can include a counter to autonomously ensure the correct number of seeds to a seed package, a cleaning device, a s... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6417471 | Device for recognizing coins Device for recognizing coins based on their di-electric surface properties by radiating electromagnetic radiation by a transmitter onto a coin, which is reflected from the surface of the coin and received by a receiver which transforms the reflected elect... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6410872 | Agricultural article inspection apparatus and method employing spectral manipulation to enhance detection contrast ratio A sorting system (110) conveys articles, such as peaches (114) on a conveyor belt (112) past an inspection zone (126) that is lighted by an illumination source (90) radiating a number of emission peaks over visible and infrared portions of the spectrum. T... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6403907 | Article dimension measuring apparatus An article classifying system includes a conveyor 9 for conveying mail pieces 1, a weighing conveyor 18, and a sorting conveyor 26. A length measuring unit 5 measures the length of the mail pieces while they are being conveyed by the conveyor 9. Also, the... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6353197 | Determination of characteristics of material A system for automatically inspecting matter for varying composition includes one or more detection stations through which one or more streams of matter are advanced and particular materials therein are detected through their diffusely reflected IR spectr... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6252189 | Detecting defective peel-bearing potatoes in a random mixture of defective and acceptable peel-bearing potatoes A system and method of operation performing automated optical inspection to remove peel-bearing defective potato pieces from a random mixture of peel-bearing defective and acceptable potato pieces use near infrared light as a source of illumination. The s... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6234317 | Device for sorting raw, pre-treated or recycled bulk material A device for sorting raw, pre-treated or recycled bulk materials, which are comprised of individual components to be sorted, wherein the classification of the parts to be sorted occurs along empirically determined classification parameters and the materia... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6222145 | Mechanical strength die sorting A method for sorting integrated circuit chips. At least one physical defect is detected in the semiconductor chips. The semiconductor chips are sorted based upon the physical defect.... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6175092 | Method and apparatus for classifying batches of wood chips or the like A method and apparatus for classifying batches of wood chips or the like according to light reflection characteristics; provide optimal use of darker wood chips in pulp and paper processes. According to a preferred embodiment, light produced by a set of i... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6151534 | Method for processing sheet material such as bank notes A method for processing sheet material such as bank notes by collecting measuring data from a plurality of sensor units. From the collected measuring data, deriving measuring results. Then mapping such measuring results on classes, combining individual cl... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6144004 | Optical glass sorting machine and method A glass sorting machine optically sorts glass cullet according to different color characteristics by irradiating the cullet with red, green and blue light as the cullet are passed through a sensing region between a light source and light sensors responsiv... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6137074 | Optical glass sorting machine and method A glass sorting machine optically sorts glass cullet according to different color characteristics by irradiating the cutlet with red, green and blue light as the cullet are passed through a sensing region between a light source and light sensors responsiv... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6108030 | Appearance inspecting device for solid formulation Disclosed is an appearance inspecting device for a solid formulation, including a supply section for continuously supplying solid formulations such as capsules; an inspecting drum for holding on its outer peripheral portion the solid formulations supplied... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6100488 | Granular material color sorting apparatus utilizing fluid jets with an injection delay control unit A granular material sorting apparatus comprises a transfer device for causing material grains to fall down, optical detector units mounted along the falling-down locus of the material grains, an injection nozzle device for injecting air to the material gr... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6087608 | Method and apparatus for recognizing foreign substances in and separating them from a pneumatically conveyed fiber stream A fiber processing method includes the steps of removing fiber tufts from a series of fiber bales; pneumatically conveying the fiber tufts in a duct; forming images of the conveyed material as it passes through a first location of the duct; determining th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6078018 | Sorting apparatus Sorting apparatus has a conveyor belt or equivalent mechanism for moving particles at a speed sufficient to generate a stream of particles in air, which particles can be graded such that selected material can be removed. The grading or sorting is conducte... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6075217 | Color detection apparatus A chip sorting apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an article transport mechanism, a light source positioned to direct light across surfaces of transported articles, and a detector positioned to detect light reflected from such surfaces and emi... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6060677 | Determination of characteristics of material A system for automatically inspecting matter for varying composition comprises one or more detection stations through which one or more streams of matter are advanced and particular materials therein are detected through their diffusely reflected IR spect... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6013887 | Color-sorting machine for granular materials A color-sorting machine for granular materials optically detects raw material grains falling along a substantially fixed path and sorts out no-good grains by color. An optical detection unit to this end comprises a condenser lens, a plurality of optical f... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5994656 | Color sorting machine for cereal grain or the like having dust collecting device A color sorting machine sorts particles of different colors from raw material such as cereal grains or the like. The machine has a down chute descending towards a front side of the machine for letting raw material particles flow down linearly, a photoelec... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5884775 | System and method of inspecting peel-bearing potato pieces for defects A system and method of operation performing automated optical inspection to remove peel-bearing defective potato pieces from a random mixture of peel-bearing defective and acceptable potato pieces use near infrared light as a source of illumination. The s... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5873470 | Sorting apparatus Sorting apparatus has a conveyor belt or equivalent mechanism for moving particles at a speed sufficient to generate a stream of particles in air, which particles can be graded such that selected material can be removed. The grading or sorting is conducte... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5847382 | Bone detector A device for detecting bone fragments in deboned poultry carried on a conveyor belt of flexible clear plastic material. Fluorescent lights are positioned under the conveyor. A second conveyor positioned above the first conveyor is made up of a linked seri... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5779058 | Color sorting apparatus for grains The color sorting apparatus includes a grain guide device, a grain feeder, an illumination device for illuminating the grain, an optical detector consisting of an optical detection section for receiving the light from the illuminated grain and a backgroun... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5748324 | Bichromatic method and apparatus for detecting peach pit fragments A method and apparatus are provided for detecting the presence of pit fragments as small as 2 mm2 in pitted peach halves. Pitted peach halves are agitated into a cup-up position, are conveyed to a position adjacent an inspection zone and are la... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5730298 | Process for removing returnable bottles from circulation To determine whether stress cracks are present in the bottom area of a plastic bottle which make it unfit for further use, the bottle bottom is scanned in the potential crack region by the measuring beam of a laser distance-measuring instrument. From its ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5713473 | Color sorting apparatus for beans A color sorting apparatus for beans includes a transferring device for transferring beans to be sorted to a detection position, an illuminating device for illuminating the bean at the detection position, a light receiving device for receiving a transmitte... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5692622 | Process for the recognition and filtering out of differently colored foreign bodies in fibre processing lines The invention relates to a process which enables colored foreign bodies to be detected in continuous fibre transport and removed therefrom. A stream of fibres is examined for foreign bodies by color sensors (11). If the color differs, a control system (12... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5692621 | Sorting apparatus Sorting apparatus has a conveyor belt or equivalent mechanism for moving particles at a speed sufficient to generate a stream of particles in air, which particles can be graded such that unacceptable material can be removed. The grading or sorting is cond... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5676256 | Scrap sorting system A scrap particle sorting system and attendant sorting process employs a conveyor for conveying the randomly shaped particles in a random orientation, a position sensor for determining the advancement of the scrap particles in the direction of conveyance b... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5615777 | Egg candling system A light beam such a laser beam is used to scan the surface of an egg for flaws such as pin holes, cracks, thinned shell regions, etc. The light beam is vibrated with a rocking/rotating movement to describe a closed curve such as a circle, ellipse or an el... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5603413 | Sortation method for transparent optically active articles A method of and apparatus for sorting plastic items is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of transmitting polychromatic light from a source through each individual item; detecting the quantity of light of a first color passing through each individu... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5579921 | Optical sorting system for a color sorting machine and process The invention relates to an optical sorting system for a color sorting machine. Product is irradiated with visible, infra-red or ultra-violet light by a transmitter. If there is no product in the ray path of the transmission source, all of the light falls... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5562214 | Process and apparatus for sorting material An apparatus for optically sorting small objects such as beans has an annular analysis head with an opening through which the objects fall. Three sets of optical fibers are positioned around the analysis head opening. A first set receives radiant light re... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5538142 | Sorting apparatus Sorting apparatus has a conveyor belt or equivalent mechanism for moving particles at a speed sufficient to generate a stream of particles in air, which particles can be graded such that unacceptable material can be removed. The grading or sorting is cond... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5520290 | Scrap sorting system A scrap particle sorting system and attendant sorting process employs a conveyor for conveying the randomly shaped particles in a random orientation, a position sensor for determining the advancement of the scrap particles in the direction of conveyance b... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5520287 | Method and apparatus for dividing fat and lean meat In a method and apparatus (10) for dividing meat components such as fat and lean mean, the combined fat and lean meat are extruded into one or more chains of material wherein the fat and lean meat are divided into discrete sections along the length thereo... | 05/28/1996 |
