Apparatus for sorting successive articles moving along a path
US4133098A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 18, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C5/36
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Apparatus for use in sorting a succession of articles which are moving along a path, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of receiving devices arrangeable to move adjacent to the succession of articles travelling along the path, so that over at least a part of the path each article moves in unison with one of the receiving devices; means for transferring each article to a receiving device as it moves in unison with the article, and a plurality of delivery stations past which the receiving devices travel, each receiving device being operable to feed an article which it has received to any one of the delivery stations as the receiving device passes the delivery station.
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