摘要:
The invention relates to a drive device in a reverse vending machine to forcibly drive at least one handling unit therein suited to handle empty packaging in the form of empty beverage containers. The handling unit is free of any electrical wiring or electrical components, is configured to be fully cleanable through use of water or other cleaning agent, and has a mechanical drive which is connected, via a mechanically separable power transfer coupling, to a separate electrically powered drive installed on a wall, a framework or part of a cabinet of the return vending machine. Further, the handling unit is locatable in a releasable manner inside the cabinet. The device is useful in a reverse vending machine (RVM) for receiving, handling, sorting and storing returnable items or objects. The RVM includes an item supporting, rotating, sorting and conveyor unit, an upwardly oriented storage chamber for such items, a safety apparatus to avoid operational hazards, a camera aided detection device for detecting at least one of a bar code on and other characteristics, e.g. contour, of an item, a simplified token system , and the drive system with a releasable power coupling for operating the sorting device and a further storage device.
摘要:
A handler for testing and sorting randomly oriented parallel piped-shaped ceramic components (2), each component (2) having at leas one set of metal terminations (6) located on opposite edges, comprising a rotating feed wheel (16) mounting on a central shaft and including an upper surface to receive randomly oriented components (2), a plurality of radially-pointing, spaced-apart bosses (28) extending upward and outward terminating at component-sized cavities (30) to receive a component (2), a rotating carrier plate (10) having an upwardly extending circular peripheral wall (12) which has test seat notches (14) in spaced-apart arrangement with the cavities in the feed wheel (16), first vacuum pressure device (36) to draw the component (2) into the seat notch and a second vacuum pressure device (86) to hold the component therein, a device (22) for testing including at least one roller assembly (62) arranged to contact the component terminals (6), and a device (26) for separately ejecting the components from the notches (14).
摘要:
To provide a mail sorting and distributing transfer system (100), which extends transformable time of mail (M) fed from a mail charging line (1) so that the mail can be timely, reliably transferred to conveyor baskets (B) on a mail sorting line (O), there is a mail sorting and distributing transfer system (100) in which transfer timing levers (140) maintain the receipt ports of transfer baskets (120) provided on an outer circumferential edge of a sorting and distributing turntable (110) in a state where the receipt ports of the transfer baskets (120) are in registry with a mail charging line during the receipt of mail and where the lever pivots so it moves the associated transfer basket (120). Underlying conveyor baskets (B) on a mail sorting line are moved parallel to and in synchronization with the transfer baskets (120) during the transfer of the mail (M). The lever is pivoted about an axis parallel to the axis of the mail sorting and distributing turntable.
摘要:
A transport system for use in a produce sizing or sorting apparatus is disclosed having a plurality of pivotally interconnected carrier members (10) forming an endless conveyor, each said carrier member (10) having a pair of finger members (25, 26) connected thereto in a manner whereby the finger members depend downwardly at least along a portion of the endless conveyor, each pair of finger members (25, 26) together with adjacent such pairs defining a produce retaining zone (22) extending in the direction of the endless conveyor when the finger members (25, 26) are positioned in a first closed position, and at least one of each finger member pair (25, 26) being selectably pivotable, in use, to a second open position enabling produce to be released from the produce retaining zone (22) at desired and spaced locations along the path of the endless conveyor.
摘要:
A recirculating device receives parts in bulk which are bunched together. The device includes a cone-shaped rotating disk which receives the parts and redistributes the parts into separate units. The parts are delivered to an inner periphery of the cone of the cone-shaped disk, and then slide down the inclined slope of the cone. As the parts slide down the rotating cone, they become spaced further apart due to the increase in radius of the outer periphery of the cone as compared with the radius of the inner periphery of the cone. The separated parts may then be effectively handled by a picker-type robot utilizing a vision system or sensor means to discriminate the individual parts.
摘要:
A recirculating device receives parts in bulk which are bunched together. The device includes a cone-shaped rotating disk which receives the parts and redistributes the parts into separate units. The parts are delivered to an inner periphery of the cone of the cone-shaped disk, and then slide down the inclined slope of the cone. As the parts slide down the rotating cone, they become spaced further apart due to the increase in radius of the outer periphery of the cone as compared with the radius of the inner periphery of the cone. The separated parts may then be effectively handled by a picker-type robot utilizing a vision system or sensor means to discriminate the individual parts.
摘要:
Apparatus is disclosed for sorting differently identified articles, particularly for sorting differently coloured gaming chips. The apparatus comprises transfer means (2) arranged to remove individual chips from a random store and transfer them to a conveyor (19). The conveyor carries the chips first to sensing means arranged to sense the identifiable characteristic of the chip and then to a chip ejector (25) arranged to remove the chips from the conveyor and deposit them in a respective selected one of a plurality of receptacles (26) depending on the characteristic of the chip previously identified.
摘要:
Apparatus and method for separating discrete items of different materials from a mixture. The mixed items fall vertically from a feeder device (1, 3, 8; 21 -26) onto a plate (9) spinning about a vertical axis (5). According to their difference in material, the items rebound with different trajectories so that they land on separate receiving surfaces (13, 14; 27, 28) lying at different radii from the axis. The receiving surfaces (27, 28) may be stationary or may be vibratable, so that items received by them are conveyed along them by vibration to collection points (33, 34).
摘要:
The invention relates to a drive device in a reverse vending machine to forcibly drive at least one handling unit therein suited to handle empty packaging in the form of empty beverage containers. The handling unit is free of any electrical wiring or electrical components, is configured to be fully cleanable through use of water or other cleaning agent, and has a mechanical drive which is connected, via a mechanically separable power transfer coupling, to a separate electrically powered drive installed on a wall, a framework or part of a cabinet of the return vending machine. Further, the handling unit is locatable in a releasable manner inside the cabinet. The device is useful in a reverse vending machine (RVM) for receiving, handling, sorting and storing returnable items or objects. The RVM includes an item supporting, rotating, sorting and conveyor unit, an upwardly oriented storage chamber for such items, a safety apparatus to avoid operational hazards, a camera aided detection device for detecting at least one of a bar code on and other characteristics, e.g. contour, of an item, a simplified token system , and the drive system with a releasable power coupling for operating the sorting device and a further storage device.