Apparatus for optically analyzing products such as fruit having bilateral imaging devices
US7280198B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 15, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01B11/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for optically analyzing products such as fruit for automatic sorting of the products, includes at least one conveying line (1, 2), a plurality of analysis stations, and a device for driving each product in rotation. The imaging devices (12 to 19) of the different analysis stations are arranged in two lateral series located on each side of the longitudinal vertical plane of each conveying line (1, 2).
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