摘要 |
An apparatus for separating spherical articles from irregular shaped articles such as field peas from chick peas is disclosed. The apparatus has a pair of inclined rollers (12) which incline downwardly from a feed end (14) to a discharge end (16). Guides (30) are arranged on the rollers (12) between the feed end (14) and the discharge end (16). The articles to be separated are delivered to the feed end (14) of the rollers (12) so that the spherical articles are rolled from the feed end (14) to the discharge end (16) and are guided by the guides (30). The irregular shaped articles move with rolling movement of the rollers in a direction transverse to the guides in a separation direction prior to reaching the discharge end (16) to thereby separate the spherical articles from the irregular shaped articles.
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