Sorting apparatus for utensils
US6206201A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 14, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C99/00
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A utensil sorting apparatus having a plurality of different buckets, each bucket being adapted to receive one type of utensil and to discharge it from a discharge port. Other utensils received by, for example, the cavity adapted to receive spoons are discharged from the inlet port of the bucket as the bucket rotates. The discharge ports of the spoon buckets are aligned with a first slide, fork buckets with a second slide and knife buckets with a third slide so that utensils slide into bins as they are sorted.
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