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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1980
Jerald M Henderson, Davis, CA (US);
Yuen-Cjen Yong, Los Osos, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley, CA (US);
Abstract
A singulator for separating a discrete object from a mass of such objects has a rotary, horizontal table on the central top portion of which the mass of objects is randomly arrayed. There are radial pockets at the top periphery of the table. The pockets are alternately opened and closed at their inner ends as the table rotates, preferably by triangular gates at the entry ends of the radial pocket walls. The gates are operated by levers actuated by a stationary cam as the table rotates with respect thereto. As they open and shut, the gates let one object at a time move from the central top portion of the table into a receiving pocket. A driving belt disengages from the wall ends to open the pockets to discharge at their outer ends for part of the table rotation. The belt reengages the pocket walls to close the pockets against discharge for the rest of the table rotation.