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Method and device for removing defective products

US4682694A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 2, 1985
Grant dateJul 28, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 2, 2005

Classification

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

Abstract

Disclosed is a device by which a defective product is removed from a path through which products are continually fed. The device has a feeder feeding products, a sensor detecting defective products, and a remover taking the defective products from the path. The sensor outputs a signal denoting a defect in either the trailing half of a first product or the leading half of an adjacent second product. The remover has a function for obtaining the number which is a quotient obtained by dividing the distance between the sensor and the remover by the length of a normal product. The remover takes out the defective and the adjacent product when the number of products passing the remover is equal to the quotient obtained by the above calculation.

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