Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for separating small articles

US5826696A · kind A · utility

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9References

25Claims

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Assignee

Walter Grassle GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael L. Rupp · Calabasas, US
Werner Schiffer · Hersbruck, DE
Gyula Varhaniovsky · Waltrop, DE
Thomas Kirchner · Karlsruhe, DE
Nikolaus Asteriadis · Baltmannsweiler, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 10, 1995
Grant date	Oct 27, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 10, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2035/00188
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an apparatus for inspecting small articles, such as in particular tablets, for obtaining a precise lining up of the articles there is a rotationally symmetrical separating body (4) rotatable about a vertical rotation axis (A), which has a substantially conical feed section (6) and a section (7, 8) for orienting and/or separating the articles (G) surrounded by a ring slot (S) at least corresponding to the thickness of the articles (G). The separating section (8) is subdivided into individual shafts (11) for receiving the articles (G) by ribs (9) circumferentially succeeding one another with a spacing at least corresponding to the width or diameter of the articles (G).

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