FEED GROOMER FOR AN ELECTRONIC SORTING DEVICE

摘要

An apparatus for feeding objects to a point of use comprises a drum having a plurality of parallel, circumferentially extending grooves. A driven endless belt contacts or is disposed closely adjacent to the drum and has a vertically extending and a horizontally extending run upstream and downstream respectively of the drum. Objects are fed to the said vertically extending run and enter the said grooves. As a result of centrifugal force the objects settle on the endless belt in stable positions and are carried onto the said horizontally extending run to form parallel lines of objects thereon which travel towards the point of use.