Blue Sky Ventures (ontario) Inc.

Guillaume Chabot-Nobert

Alexandre Lebel

Steve Boissonneault

Simon Lajoie

Guillaume Savoie-Lavigueur

Luc Jalbert

François Robichaud

Olivier Caron

A sensor system for evaluating an item as it moves includes a sensor assembly including a plurality of emitters and a plurality of detectors disposed about an item movement path. A controller is configured for selectively operating the sensor assembly to set up a first active detection pattern through the item movement path by sequentially and rapidly checking an occlusion status of each of a first plurality of emitter to detector light paths that make up the first active detection pattern, such that only one emitter to detector light path of the first plurality of emitter to detector light paths is checked for occlusion at a given instance.

Sensor assembly for moving items and related filling machine and methods

A filling machine for filling a receptacle with a plurality of items includes a first item drop path having an outlet end, a second item drop path having an outlet end, the second item drop path distinct from the first item drop path and a gating system for selectively accumulating and releasing items. The gating system includes: a single gate mechanism configured for selectively and independently controlling both (i) whether items can exit the outlet end of the first item drop path and (ii) whether items can exit the outlet end of the second item drop path.

Gating system for accumulating items and related filling machine and methods

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Verdun, Canada

Guillaume Chabot-Nobert