| 摘要 |
<p>A material separating apparatus which is particularly suitable for sorting different forms of waste material comprising: a carrier, generally a table (1) having a surface (10) onto which material can be deposited; and a drive means (3) for providing said carrier surface with a reciprocating motion in the plane of said carrier surface; the drive means being arranged to provide, in use, an abrupt change of direction of the carrier surface at each end of its travel to provide a motion to cause different components of the material to be separated in consequence of obtaining different velocities in dependence on their physical properties, and the table surface having different sloping zones for channelling out different materials. The drive means uses an offset crank linkage which collapses at the end of travel in each direction enabling the inertia of the table to continue until it hits a stop and is then drawn back in the reverse direction by the linkage.</p> |
