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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Dale Adolph Svatek, Needville, TX (US);
Patric Carey Pike, Hopkins, MI (US);
Simon John Hills, Longnor, GB;
Inventors:
Dale Adolph Svatek, Needville, TX (US);
Patric Carey Pike, Hopkins, MI (US);
Simon John Hills, Longnor, GB;
Assignee:
Satake USA, Inc., Stafford, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A product flow control apparatus for use in sorting of products, and particularly relatively small products. The apparatus includes a reservoir of products to be sorted, a flow-rate control passage at which a flow restrictor limits the flow rate of products passing to a slide before imaging by a product viewer and sorting by ejector. A flow valve operates to provide products to a flow-rate control passage at a flow rate at which the product viewer and the ejector can operate.