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Class Information
Number: 209/586
Name: Classifying, separating, and assorting solids > Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus (e.g., pocket type and light responsive sorting, etc.) for sorting any items > Condition responsive means controls separating means > Sensing radiant energy reflected, absorbed, emitted, or obstructed by item or adjunct thereof > Infrared, visible light, or ultraviolet > Sizing
Description: Methods and apparatus wherein said radiation senses a dimension of items so that they can be separated into groups of different size.
Patents under this class:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7541557 |
Method for thermographic lump separation of raw material (variants) and device for carrying out said method (variants) |
Jun. 2, 2009 |
| 7518079 |
Method of sorting paving stones |
Apr. 14, 2009 |
| 7302787 |
Defect detection device and bag packaging system equipped with defect detection device |
Dec. 4, 2007 |
| 7297930 |
Device for measuring width by light attenuation difference |
Nov. 20, 2007 |
| 7222738 |
Sorting system for multiple conveyor belts |
May. 29, 2007 |
| 6958465 |
Method for detecting objects and light barrier grid |
Oct. 25, 2005 |
| 6915909 |
Device for receiving multi-format envelopes |
Jul. 12, 2005 |
| 6818849 |
Apparatus and method for detecting abnormal balls |
Nov. 16, 2004 |
| 6787724 |
Sorting machine |
Sep. 7, 2004 |
| 6781078 |
System and method for identifying potentially life harming mailpieces in an incoming mail stream |
Aug. 24, 2004 |
| 6774333 |
Method and system for optically sorting and/or manipulating carbon nanotubes |
Aug. 10, 2004 |
| 6693274 |
Method and system of sorting a plurality of received articles having varying size and shape |
Feb. 17, 2004 |
| 6660953 |
Multi-fire and variable fire diverter conveyor system and method |
Dec. 9, 2003 |
| 6635840 |
Method of sorting and categorizing seed |
Oct. 21, 2003 |
| 6533126 |
Produce sizing transport mechanism |
Mar. 18, 2003 |
| 6531672 |
Apparatus for sorting and counting spherical objects |
Mar. 11, 2003 |
| 6521854 |
Article classifying system |
Feb. 18, 2003 |
| 6484886 |
Feeder reader subsystem |
Nov. 26, 2002 |
| 6457587 |
Integrated reticle sorter and stocker |
Oct. 1, 2002 |
| 6444936 |
Device for sorting products depending on measured parameter, and method for operating same |
Sep. 3, 2002 |
| 6403907 |
Article dimension measuring apparatus |
Jun. 11, 2002 |
| 6380503 |
Apparatus and method using collimated laser beams and linear arrays of detectors for sizing and sorting articles |
Apr. 30, 2002 |
| 6359247 |
Multi-fire and variable fire diverter conveyor system and method |
Mar. 19, 2002 |
| 6349755 |
System for evaluating the geometry of articles transported by a conveyor |
Feb. 26, 2002 |
| 6088111 |
Selection and control device for bars and relative method |
Jul. 11, 2000 |
| 6005212 |
Feed device for feeding mail items of various dimensions |
Dec. 21, 1999 |
| 5894801 |
Methods and systems for sensing and rectifying pellet shaped articles for subsequent processing |
Apr. 20, 1999 |
| 5799936 |
Automatic device for diverting large sheets of paper to a bar |
Sep. 1, 1998 |
| 5733592 |
Method for cleaning and sorting bulk material |
Mar. 31, 1998 |
| 5703784 |
Machine vision apparatus and method for sorting objects |
Dec. 30, 1997 |
| 5573121 |
Veneer sorting apparatus |
Nov. 12, 1996 |
| 5511670 |
Needle sorting device |
Apr. 30, 1996 |
| 5495797 |
Device for automatically processing mushrooms at an optimum processing rate |
Mar. 5, 1996 |
| 5460273 |
Apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail having varied characteristics |
Oct. 24, 1995 |
| 5448363 |
Food sorting by reflection of periodically scanned laser beam |
Sep. 5, 1995 |
| 5352888 |
Method and apparatus for detecting and utilizing frame fill information in a sorting machine having a background and a color sorting band of light |
Oct. 4, 1994 |
| 5311998 |
Method of grading items and an apparatus materializing same |
May. 17, 1994 |
| 5310062 |
Apparatus for automated mail extraction and remittance processing |
May. 10, 1994 |
| 5305895 |
Method and device for measuring a dimension of a body, and use of said method |
Apr. 26, 1994 |
| 5301011 |
Method of and apparatus for ascertaining the diameters of rod-shaped articles |
Apr. 5, 1994 |
| 5286980 |
Product discrimination system and method therefor |
Feb. 15, 1994 |
| 5284252 |
Automatic rotary sorter |
Feb. 8, 1994 |
| 5259513 |
Method and a device for sorting returnable bottles, cans and other returnable packages |
Nov. 9, 1993 |
| 5253765 |
Sorting and grading system |
Oct. 19, 1993 |
| 5246117 |
Sorting machine including product length inspection |
Sep. 21, 1993 |
| 5245411 |
Optical instrument and conveyor for automated optical inspection machine and methods of operation |
Sep. 14, 1993 |
| 5236072 |
Document size detection device |
Aug. 17, 1993 |
| 5213218 |
Pellet reject apparatus and method |
May. 25, 1993 |
| 5212389 |
Apparatus for recognizing residual yarn remaining on textile bobbins after unwinding utilizing a sensing device comprising a photooptic detector with a receiver lens |
May. 18, 1993 |
| 5197607 |
Method and apparatus for grading objects in accordance to size |
Mar. 30, 1993 |
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