Carriage and apparatus for transporting articles
    1.
    发明授权
    Carriage and apparatus for transporting articles 失效
    运输和运输物品的设备

    公开(公告)号:US4981205A

    公开(公告)日:1991-01-01

    申请号:US277668

    申请日:1988-11-29

    申请人: Simon Cowlin

    发明人: Simon Cowlin

    摘要: Apparatus for transporting articles (32) includes a plurality of spaced, substantially parallel axles (4) coupled for movement by an endless chain drive. Each axle (4) extends substantially transversely to the direction of movement and has a number of carriages (2) coupled thereto. The carriages (2) are spaced along, and pivotably mounted on the respective axle (4). Each carriage (2) has a skid member (10) supporting two pairs of wheels, the first pair of wheels being carried by the respective axle (4). The articles are supported on the wheels (6,8) as the carriages are pulled along on their skid members (10) over an appropriate support. If it is required to inspect the articles, the wheels are brought into contact with elongate support members (20, 22) so that they are rotated and thereby rotate the article carried thereby. Deposit of an article is achieved by removing support from the respective carriages (2) so that the carriage pivots relative to said axle (4).

    Apparatus for inspecting and sorting articles
    2.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for inspecting and sorting articles 失效
    用于检查和分类物品的设备

    公开(公告)号:US4940536A

    公开(公告)日:1990-07-10

    申请号:US119380

    申请日:1987-11-12

    IPC分类号: B07C5/342 B07C5/36

    摘要: The invention is a device for sorting food products such as vegetables or fruit in accordance with their size, weight, and color or the presence of defects on them. In accordance with the device of the invention, a conveyor in the form of a plurality of rotatable rollers is employed for supporting the articles to be inspected and sorted. The articles are passed through an inspection zone where the articles are scanned in accordance with the sorting criteria of the apparatus. The articles are then sorted in accordance with in response to the determinations made at the inspection zone.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是根据其尺寸,重量和颜色或其上存在缺陷的方式分类食品如蔬菜或水果的装置。 根据本发明的装置,采用多个可旋转辊形式的输送机来支撑待检查和分类的物品。 物品通过根据设备的分类标准扫描物品的检查区域。 然后根据在检查区进行的测定,根据这些物品进行分类。

    Method and apparatus for cutting blemishes from elongate articles
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for cutting blemishes from elongate articles 失效
    用于从细长物品切割瑕疵的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4655110A

    公开(公告)日:1987-04-07

    申请号:US824966

    申请日:1986-01-31

    IPC分类号: B26D5/34 B26D7/06 B26D5/30

    摘要: A method and apparatus for cutting dark portions such as blemishes from articles such as potato stick. In order to detect the blemishes the articles are conveyed through an inspection station by a conveyor having a plurality of rollers arranged perpendicular to the direction of conveyor. The rollers are rotated thereby rotating the articles as they are conveyed through the inspection station so that each side of the articles may be inspected. The inspection station utilizes a raster scan television camera and output signals therefrom are used to actuate one of a plurality of cutting devices in order to sever from the articles those portions containing blemishes. The severed portions containing blemishes are thereafter separated from the remainder of the articles by either a screen or by air jets.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于从诸如马铃薯棒的制品中切割诸如瑕疵等暗部的方法和装置。 为了检测瑕疵,物品通过具有垂直于输送机方向布置的多个辊的输送机通过检验站传送。 辊子被旋转,从而当物品被传送通过检查站时旋转物品,使得可以检查物品的每一面。 检查站使用光栅扫描电视摄像机,并且其输出信号用于致动多个切割装置中的一个,以便从包含瑕疵的那些部分切断物品。 然后,通过屏幕或空气喷射将包含瑕疵的切断部分与其余的物品分开。

    Apparatus for sorting conveyed articles
    4.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for sorting conveyed articles 失效
    用于分拣传送物品的设备

    公开(公告)号:US5020675A

    公开(公告)日:1991-06-04

    申请号:US365713

    申请日:1989-06-14

    IPC分类号: B07C5/342 B07C5/36

    摘要: Apparatus for sorting articles having a roller conveyor for moving articles through an inspection region where they are scanned by a camera. From the scans, the position of boundaries of the articles is determined so that the existence and location of the articles can be identified. Color counts, representative of the color of the articles are made from the scans and are correlated with the appropriate article identified. Load cells produce weight information which is similarly correlated with the appropriate articles. The information is fed to a processor which is arranged to track the articles through the inspection region and is arranged to route the articles differently in accordance with the color counts and/or weight information correlated therewith.