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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
May. 29, 1996
Shmuel Blit, Rehovot, IL;
Eyal Bartfeld, Mazkeret Batya, IL;
Idan Pais, Tel Aviv, IL;
Yair Eilam, Kfar Saba, IL;
Efraim Vallach, Jerusalem, IL;
Haim Bezdin, Bat Yam, IL;
Israel Laron, Rehovot, IL;
Doron Katzin, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Abstract
A complete sorting system is provided herein including a sequence of interlacing cable conveyors for conveying objects to be sorted, such as apples or other agricultural produce, from bulk storage at the input to the system, through the system, and along to drops at the output of the system. The cable conveyors are configured and arranged to handle even delicate agricultural produce without damage and at high speed. The produce or objects which are conveyed typically do not roll along the conveyors. Preferably, objects of substantially any shape can be conveyed along the system.