Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Article carrier apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 文章载体设备
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Application No.: US14576003Application Date: 2014-12-18
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Publication No.: US09533837B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Andrew Stitt , Lee Adrian Cook , Jonathon Patrick Jackson
- Applicant: Compac Technologies Limited
- Applicant Address: NZ Auckland
- Assignee: Compac Technologies Limited
- Current Assignee: Compac Technologies Limited
- Current Assignee Address: NZ Auckland
- Agency: Lowe Graham Jones PLLC
- Main IPC: B65G47/50
- IPC: B65G47/50 ; B65G47/46 ; B65G47/82 ; B65G47/76 ; B65G47/71

Abstract:
The present subject matter relates to article carriers for use in grading apparatus and in particular, but not exclusively, for use in grading fruit. The present subject matter provides an article carrying apparatus comprising a plurality of carrier lanes each for receiving and conveying a number of articles; one or more diverters arranged to control the distribution of received articles into the lanes; a sensor arranged to determine a capacity use parameter for each lane; and a controller arranged to control the position of each diverter dependent on a difference between combined determined capacity use parameters and combined target capacity use parameters for lanes to one side of said diverter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160176655A1 ARTICLE CARRIER APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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