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Container screening device

US11691829B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 2020
Grant dateJul 4, 2023
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2201/0235
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A container screening device (200) including: a star wheel (60) arranged on or above a conveyance surface (201) on which inspection objects (101) are conveyed and having an outer periphery formed with plural housing portions (110) configured to house the inspection objects (101); a rotation shaft (220) arranged under the conveyance surface (201) and configured to rotate with the star wheel (60); a bearing portion (230) rotatably supporting the rotation shaft (220); air holes (60a, 60b, 220a, 220b) extending through interiors of the star wheel (60) and the rotation shaft (220) and communicating with the rotation shaft (220) and the housing portions (110); and an air coupling (240) fixed to a periphery of the rotation shaft (220) and configured to generate suction force in the air holes (60a, 60b, 220a, 220b) to suck the inspection objects (101) to the housing portions (110).

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