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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas Roy Gillard-Hickman, East Sussex, GB;
Assignee:
Rapiscan Security Products Limited, West Sussex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/00 ; B65G 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/00 ; B65G 2/900 ;
Abstract
An auto reject unit includes a turntable rotatable about an upright axis and held stationary in operation along the upright axis. Driven rollers are mounted upon the turntable for selectively driving an article across the turntable in a direction. A motor is disposed to rotate the turntable about the upright axis in response to a command. The rotation adjusts the direction that an article disposed on the turntable will travel off of the turntable.