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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2019
Engineering Innovation, Inc., Lafayette, IN (US);
Jason Hoag, Lafayette, IN (US);
Donald Caddy, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Teresea D. Branson, West Lafayette, IN (US);
David Rooze, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Adam W. Fleming, Otterbein, IN (US);
Engineering Innovation, Inc., Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A device for sorting an item into containers on the side or sides of the device that includes several interconnected bogie assemblies movable in a direction, each bogie assembly includes a base, a right arm rotatable mounted on the base, a left arm rotatable mounted on the base, a right release that holds the right arm in a transport position, and a left release that holds the left arm in a transport position such that when both the right and left arms are in the transport position, the bogie assemblies move the item in the direction along the path and actuating the right release dumps the item into a right side container located on a right side of the device and actuating the left release dumps the item into a left side container located on a left side of the device.