摘要:
An apparatus for sorting from a group of different articles at least one batch of articles where members of the batch are either the same of have some unifying visual characteristic, said apparatus including: (a) a conveying means for transporting the articles along a predetermined path; (b) at least one vision recognition unit; (c) removal means for selectively removing those articles from the conveying means which have been recognised by the vision recognition unit as having the one or more predetermined visual characteristics.
摘要:
An apparatus (1) for loading articles (2) onto a moving conveyor, the apparatus including: (a) transport means (3a, 3b, 3c) on the conveyor which includes holding means (5) adapted to engage at least a portion of an article (2) so as to hold the article (2) in connected relation with the conveyor; and (b) locating means (6) operable to cause an article (2) positioned thereon to move into a position in which it can thereafter be engaged by the holding means (5); wherein the transport means (3a, 3b, 3c) and the locating means (6) are co-operable such that the article (2) can be caused to be moved on the locating means (6) with the transport means (3a, 3b, 3c) prior to being engaged by the holding means (5).
摘要:
An article which includes identifying means which incorporates information wherein said identifying means and the information incorporated therein is capable of being detected and recorded by a recognition unit in order that one or more characteristics of the article can be determined by correlating the information obtained from the identifying means with pre-recorded information concerning one or more characteristics of the article.