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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Matias Saavedrasilvia, Wilmington, DE (US);
Joshua Stone, Wilmington, DE (US);
Justin Digiovanni, Wilmington, DE (US);
Daniel Barnes, Wilmington, DE (US);
Hagan Beatson, Wilmington, DE (US);
Rowan Davis, Wilmington, DE (US);
Joclynn Fogelman, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jacob Gladfelter, Wilmington, DE (US);
Noah Haines, Wilmington, DE (US);
Dylan Mcallister, Wilmington, DE (US);
Wyatt Mccabe, Wilmington, DE (US);
Tatyana Nesterova, Wilmington, DE (US);
Taylor Nguyen, Wilmington, DE (US);
Michael Slemko, Wilmington, DE (US);
Michael Zullo, Claymont, DE (US);
Matias SaavedraSilvia, Wilmington, DE (US);
Joshua Stone, Wilmington, DE (US);
Justin DiGiovanni, Wilmington, DE (US);
Daniel Barnes, Wilmington, DE (US);
Hagan Beatson, Wilmington, DE (US);
Rowan Davis, Wilmington, DE (US);
Joclynn Fogelman, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jacob Gladfelter, Wilmington, DE (US);
Noah Haines, Wilmington, DE (US);
Dylan McAllister, Wilmington, DE (US);
Wyatt McCabe, Wilmington, DE (US);
Tatyana Nesterova, Wilmington, DE (US);
Taylor Nguyen, Wilmington, DE (US);
Michael Slemko, Wilmington, DE (US);
Michael Zullo, Claymont, DE (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for searching laundry articles to detect foreign objects commingled with the laundry articles, and for removing one or more laundry articles with which at least one detected foreign object is commingled, the apparatus including a detector creating a magnetic field through which the laundry articles are conveyed by a conveyor, and a removal mechanism activated by a trigger signal from the detector for removing from the conveyor one or more of the laundry articles with which at least one detected foreign object is commingled, and leaving other laundry articles on the conveyor for continued conveyance and free from detected foreign objects.