Device comprising a number of superposed bucket conveyors for sorting flat objects
US6595346B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2405/352
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The device for sorting flat objects comprises at least one first conveyor consisting of buckets moving along a closed loop first path and a second conveyor, mechanically independent of the first conveyor, also consisting of buckets moving in a closed loop path and vertically superposed over the first path. Movement of both conveyors are synchronized by an electric shaft. Flat objects are transferred between conveyors by gravity.
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