Carrot sorting apparatus
US4127193A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 1977 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07B13/07
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A sorting machine feeds longitudinally aligned carrots onto a transversely directed sloping conveyer. The conveyer, after first positioning one end of each carrot against a baseboard, transports the carrots past progressively longer supporting rods parallel to but progressively displaced from the baseboard. The rods allow progressively incrementally longer carrots to drop through the conveyer into one of several bins. Thereby, each bin is filled with carrots of less than a predetermined length, which length is commensurate with the displacement from the baseboard of a respective one of the supporting rods.
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