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Class 209/594 - Photodetector


Subclass of Class 209 - Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Definition: Methods and apparatus wherein said sensor is a photodetector.
No. of patents: 6
Last issue date: 08/03/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7766171Rigid storage tray for flat and letter mail
A storage tray for storing mail items in the sorting outlets of a mail sorting machine having a carousel with buckets that hold mail items and move in a transport direction such that the mail items describe an arcuate path when released from the buckets. The storage...
08/03/2010
7226349Process to electronically automate the sorting of chicken feet in the category of edible or inedible
Photoelectric and inductive sensors are placed along a picking and eviscerating chicken lines. The sensors detect the location of a chicken bird in a shackle and its associated feet, also in a shackle. The sensors communicate this information to a programmable logic...
06/05/2007
5977501Sortation and sequencing system
A sortation and sequencing system for sorting a plurality of different items into discrete orders and putting the items into a predetermined sequence within each discrete order or group of orders. The system includes an induction station for accepting ite...
11/02/1999
4274499Process and device for controlling the content of closed packages as to completeness
To control the completeness of the content which is not fixed in a package, the package is brought in an inclined position. In the case of incomplete packing, the content slides in the package whereby the distribution of weight changes, which change is me...
06/23/1981
4254877Weight sizing apparatus
A sorting apparatus classifies and discharges articles, such as items of agricultural produce, in accordance with their individual weights. A multichannel conveyor cooperates with a front end singulator which receives the produce from a source of supply a...
03/10/1981
4216837Diffraction optical weighing system
Weighing apparatus and method. A plurality of weigh members are moveable in sequence in a continuous path. Each weigh member receives an item to be weighed and includes a member which is moveable in response to the weight of the carried item. Preferably, ...
08/12/1980
 
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