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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2018
Tomra Systems Asa, Asker, NO;
Oddvar Martinsen, Saltnes, NO;
TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA, Asker, NO;
Abstract
A device for sorting objects, such as used beverage or food containers, that are conveyed on a conveyor. The device includes a first guiding member which is pivotable about a first pivot axis and configured to, when the sorting device is situated in a first sorting position, guide containers in a first sorting direction, a second guiding member which is pivotable about a second pivot axis, a rotatable drive member, a first cam mechanism interconnecting the rotatable drive member with the first guiding member, and a second cam mechanism interconnecting the rotatable drive member with the second guiding member, wherein the device is configured to, upon rotation of the drive member, be actuated between the first sorting position and a second sorting position.