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COMPACT ORIENTING AND SINGULATING SYSTEM FOR IRREGULAR ELONGATED OBJECTS SUCH AS POTATOES

  • US 3,628,648 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1969
  • Issued: 12/21/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A compact singulating and orienting system for elongated irregular objects comprising in combination:

  • supply means providing a supply of elongated irregular objects to the singulated and oriented;

    means to separate the objects from the supply means and convey limited numbers of objects away from the supply means;

    orienting means including a trough of concave cross section having one end thereof adjacent to said separating and conveying means for receiving objects therefrom;

    means connected with said orienting means for imparting motion to said objects to move and to orient said objects along said trough, each of said objects with its major axis longitudinally disposed with respect to the trough;

    said trough decreasing in width in a direction away from one end and having an outlet at the other end for passing one at a time, longitudinally disposed elongated objects; and

    pull means at the outlet of the trough for engagement with each object discharged from said outlet and for advancing each object in an oriented position.

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