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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Beach, Danville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc., Fullerton, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209637 ; 209695 ; 209919 ; 209936 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for sorting firm whole fruits and vegetables from those which are soft and broken by sliding or rolling the specimens to be sorted down an inclined plane to impart momentum and velocity and then dropping them on a rearwardly moving conveyer belt. The firm whole specimens will have achieved sufficient forward velocity on the inclined plane to overcome the rearward motion of the conveyer belt while the soft broken specimens will be carried rearwardly with the belt.