Device for separation of bodies
First Claim
1. A device for separating bodies of similar shape and size, the separating device comprising(a) a conveying device for loosely supporting the bodies and conveying the loosely supported bodies substantially continuously and at a constant velocity in a conveying direction, the conveying device having(1) a feeding station for the bodies and(2) two rims extending from the feeding station in the conveying direction, one of the rims being an unobstructed discharge rim,(b) at least two guiding devices fixedly mounted above the conveying device at a distance substantially smaller than dimensions of the bodies extending perpendicularly to the conveying device, each guiding device comprising(1) a deflector extending obliquely to the conveying direction and having an edge trailing the conveyed bodies in the conveying direction, and(c) the edges of the obliquely extending deflectors of the guiding devices immediately succeeding each other in the conveying direction facing different rims and being spaced from the rims to define an unobstructed conveying path between the edges and the nearest rim, the nearest rim from which the deflector edge of a first one of the guiding devices is spaced being the unobstructed discharge rim.
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Abstract
Device for separating bodies with: a conveying device comprising at least one rim proceeding in the conveying direction; at least one guiding device which is permanently mounted at a distance which is significantly smaller than the dimensions perpendicular to the conveying device of the bodies to be separated, which guiding device comprises a deflector which forms an angle with the direction of movement of the conveying device; and a feeding position for the bodies. In order to allow a reliable separation of the bodies, it is provided that the deflector of the guiding device with its--viewed in the conveying direction--trailing edge ends at a distance before the nearest rim of the conveying device, so that an unobstructed conveying path for the bodies to be separated remains between the trailing edge of the deflector and the nearest rim of the conveying device.
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1. A device for separating bodies of similar shape and size, the separating device comprising
(a) a conveying device for loosely supporting the bodies and conveying the loosely supported bodies substantially continuously and at a constant velocity in a conveying direction, the conveying device having (1) a feeding station for the bodies and (2) two rims extending from the feeding station in the conveying direction, one of the rims being an unobstructed discharge rim, (b) at least two guiding devices fixedly mounted above the conveying device at a distance substantially smaller than dimensions of the bodies extending perpendicularly to the conveying device, each guiding device comprising (1) a deflector extending obliquely to the conveying direction and having an edge trailing the conveyed bodies in the conveying direction, and (c) the edges of the obliquely extending deflectors of the guiding devices immediately succeeding each other in the conveying direction facing different rims and being spaced from the rims to define an unobstructed conveying path between the edges and the nearest rim, the nearest rim from which the deflector edge of a first one of the guiding devices is spaced being the unobstructed discharge rim.
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