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MATERIAL CONTAINER SORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD

  • US 3,639,728 A
  • Filed: 07/17/1970
  • Issued: 02/01/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1970
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for sorting material containers into various categories comprising conveyor means for transporting said material containers, alphanumeric code means, electro-optical converter means, means connected to the output of said electro-optical converter means and responsive thereto to produce a command signal, output means connected to said responsive means, and means for applying said alphanumeric code means to said material containers, said electro-optical converter means being operative to read said alphanumeric code means as the material containers are transported by said conveyor means, and said output means being operative upon the application of said command signal thereto to effect the sorting of said material containers into various categories.

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