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Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Compac Technologies Limited, Auckland, NZ;

Inventors:

Sheldon Phillip White, Auckland, NZ;

Jonathan Patrick Jackson, Auckland, NZ;

Max Hilton Hendrikse, Auckland, NZ;

Eric Adrianus Plessius, Auckland, NZ;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 51/01 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); B65G 47/70 (2006.01); A23N 15/06 (2006.01); B07C 5/02 (2006.01); B65G 47/71 (2006.01); A23N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 51/01 (2013.01); A23N 15/06 (2013.01); B07C 5/02 (2013.01); B65G 47/1492 (2013.01); B65G 47/70 (2013.01); A23N 2015/006 (2013.01); B65G 47/71 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0211 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to apparatus for carrying articles such as fruit for sorting, and in particular though not exclusively to apparatus for singulating the articles. There is provided a singulation apparatus for an article carrying system, the apparatus comprising a flume adapted to receive a plurality of articles at a first end; a fluid inlet associated with the first end and arranged in use to direct a fluid flow to carry the received articles along the flume to a second end; wherein a parameter of the fluid flow is controlled in order to singulate the received articles along the flume. A method for singulation is also disclosed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

White, Sheldon. (2017). Singulation apparatus and method (U.S. Patent No. 9840376). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9840376

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