公开(公告)号：US20160052729A1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-25

申请号：US14508917

申请日：2014-10-07

Applicant: Compac Technologies Limited

Inventor： Sheldon Phillip White ,  Jonathan Patrick Jackson ,  Max Hilton Hendrikse ,  Eric Adrianus Plessius

IPC: B65G51/01

CPC classification number: B65G51/01 ,  A23N15/06 ,  A23N2015/006 ,  B07C5/02 ,  B65G47/1492 ,  B65G47/70 ,  B65G47/71 ,  B65G2201/0211

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus for carrying articles such as fruit for sorting, and in particular though not exclusively to apparatus for singulating the articles. There is provided a singulation apparatus for an article carrying system, the apparatus comprising a flume adapted to receive a plurality of articles at a first end; a fluid inlet associated with the first end and arranged in use to direct a fluid flow to carry the received articles along the flume to a second end; wherein a parameter of the fluid flow is controlled in order to singulate the received articles along the flume. A method for singulation is also disclosed.

Abstract translation: 本公开涉及用于携带用于分类的诸如水果的物品的装置，特别是不仅限于用于分割物品的装置。 提供了一种用于物品承载系统的分离装置，该装置包括适于在第一端处容纳多个物品的槽; 流体入口与第一端相关联并且在使用中被布置成引导流体流沿着水槽携带所接收的物品到第二端; 其中控制流体流动的参数以便沿着水槽分割所接收的物品。 还公开了一种分割方法。

公开(公告)号：US09840376B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US14508917

申请日：2014-10-07

Applicant: Compac Technologies Limited

Inventor： Sheldon Phillip White ,  Jonathan Patrick Jackson ,  Max Hilton Hendrikse ,  Eric Adrianus Plessius

IPC: B65G51/01 ,  B65G47/14 ,  B65G47/70 ,  A23N15/06 ,  B07C5/02 ,  B65G47/71 ,  A23N15/00

CPC classification number: B65G51/01 ,  A23N15/06 ,  A23N2015/006 ,  B07C5/02 ,  B65G47/1492 ,  B65G47/70 ,  B65G47/71 ,  B65G2201/0211

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus for carrying articles such as fruit for sorting, and in particular though not exclusively to apparatus for singulating the articles. There is provided a singulation apparatus for an article carrying system, the apparatus comprising a flume adapted to receive a plurality of articles at a first end; a fluid inlet associated with the first end and arranged in use to direct a fluid flow to carry the received articles along the flume to a second end; wherein a parameter of the fluid flow is controlled in order to singulate the received articles along the flume. A method for singulation is also disclosed.