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Rejector device

US10099255B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Tomra Sorting GmbH · DE

Inventors

O. Douglas Elmquist · Sacramento, US
Roberto Moreno · Woodland, US
Luis Lopez Moreno · Salas, ES

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 20, 2012
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 3, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB07C2501/0018
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A rejector device for use within a system for sorting discrete objects, the divert device comprising at least one divert device arranged to change the trajectory of an object; and drive means arranged to drive the divert device between at least three discrete positions such that in use, at least one of said discrete objects passes along one of three paths.

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