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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Applicant:
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Richard D. Stockard, Kirkland, WA (US);
James A. Chalmers, Chelan, WA (US);
Assignee:
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B07C 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/368 (2013.01); B07C 5/30 (2013.01); B07C 2501/0081 (2013.01);
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.