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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1982
Frederick C Schoenig, Jr, Wilmington, NC (US);
J David Landry, Wilmington, NC (US);
Edward S Walker, Wilmington, NC (US);
Ching C Lai, Pleasanton, CA (US);
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Transport apparatus is disclosed for moving a stream of objects along a substantially continuous path between a source and a collection station and past a viewing station. A stream of successive, spatially separated objects is moved into end-to-end abutment to form successive stacks of objects. Each stack is spiraled past the viewing station with minimal vibration to expose the complete surface of each object to inspection. Subsequently each stack is rearranged into spatially separated objects which are rapidly sorted by diverting those objects from the continuous path which do not conform to predetermined criteria upon inspection. The transport apparatus achieves high throughput without compromising the accuracy of the inspection process.