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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Nashville, TN (US);
R. Lynn Conley, Antioch, TN (US);
Robert H. Parrish, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Nashville, TN (US);
R. Lynn Conley, Antioch, TN (US);
Robert H. Parrish, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
National Recovery Technologies, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/342 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses a container sorting system capable of increased sorting efficiency. The present invention discloses a device in which the distance is shortened between detection and ejection of containers being sorted by reflective infrared radiation, transmission infrared radiation, or both. The present invention also includes a method of operating such device.