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Device comprising a number of superposed bucket conveyors for sorting flat objects

US6595346B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 2002
Grant dateJul 22, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 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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