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Photometric sorters

US4122952A · kind A · utility

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3References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 19, 1976
Grant dateOct 31, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 19, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB07C5/361
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In the photometric sorting of objects each object is examined in each of a predetermined number of zones for the presence or absence of one or more predetermined surface characteristics. The invention provides that a characteristic determined in one zone be attributed to at least one other zone into which the object extends.

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