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Sorting equipment

  • US 5,701,992 A
  • Filed: 05/31/1996
  • Issued: 12/30/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sorting equipment comprising a plurality of running trucks which travel along a definite travelling route in a condition where they are coupled with one another and each of which has at least one carrying means for carrying load laterally relative to a travelling direction of said running trucks, wherein an induction line to be supplied with a high-frequency current is laid along said definite travelling route, wherein a power supply coil for supplying to said carrying means an electromotive force produced due to a magnetic flux produced by said induction line is disposed in said running trucks, wherein said definite travelling route is comprised of electrically conductive members, and wherein at least one of wheels of said running truck which is to be brought into contact with said definite travelling route is made of an electrically conductive material.

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