| 发明名称 |
A SINGULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD |
| 摘要 |
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. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2016052729(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.02.25 |
| 申请号 |
US201414508917 |
申请日期 |
2014.10.07 |
| 申请人 |
Compac Technologies Limited |
发明人 |
White Sheldon Phillip;Jackson Jonathan Patrick;Hendrikse Max Hilton;Plessius Eric Adrianus |
| 分类号 |
B65G51/01 |
主分类号 |
B65G51/01 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A singulation apparatus for an article carrying system, the apparatus comprising:
a flume adapted to receive a plurality of articles at a first end; and a liquid inlet in liquid connection with the first end and adapted to direct a liquid flow to carry the received articles along the flume to a second end, a control device adapted to control a parameter of the liquid flow in order to singulate the received articles along the flume. |
| 地址 |
Auckland NZ |
