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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:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin P Smith, Berkshire, GB;
Robin W Smith, Surrey, GB;
Assignee:
Gersan Establishment, Vaduz, LI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209579 ; 209587 ; 209589 ; 356 30 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for classifying or sorting objects by projecting and irradiating an object through an irradiation zone and then examining the radiation emitted by the object to determine its class, the irradiating zone having a length in a vertical plane greater than its width where its length to width ratio is greater than 5:1.