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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger Don Self, Stevenage, EN;
Assignee:
Gunson's Sortex Limited, London, EN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209 73 ; 2091115 ; 302 / ; 302 17 ;
Abstract
A sorting machine comprising a vertically inclined feed bed, a feeder for feeding objects to be sorted to an upper portion of said feed bed, the feed bed being adapted to be supplied with a fluid which fluidizes the objects thereon so that the latter flow to a lower portion of the feed bed, and a sorting arrangement which is arranged to receive the objects from the said lower portion and to separate them into groups of desired and undesired objects respectively.