AU2871297A

AU2871297A – Article grading apparatus
– Google Patents

AU2871297A – Article grading apparatus
– Google Patents
Article grading apparatus

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Publication number
AU2871297A

AU2871297A
AU28712/97A
AU2871297A
AU2871297A
AU 2871297 A
AU2871297 A
AU 2871297A
AU 28712/97 A
AU28712/97 A
AU 28712/97A
AU 2871297 A
AU2871297 A
AU 2871297A
AU 2871297 A
AU2871297 A
AU 2871297A
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
articles
grading apparatus
rollers
roller
supported
Prior art date
1992-12-22
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Granted

Application number
AU28712/97A
Other versions

AU686537B2
(en

Inventor
Hamish Nigel Alexander Kennedy
Philip William Poore
Gavin Brian Reeve
Peter Samuel Short
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Anzpac Systems Ltd

Original Assignee
Anzpac Systems Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
1992-12-22
Filing date
1997-07-18
Publication date
1997-09-25

1997-07-18
Application filed by Anzpac Systems Ltd
filed
Critical
Anzpac Systems Ltd

1997-09-25
Publication of AU2871297A
publication
Critical
patent/AU2871297A/en

1998-02-05
Application granted
granted
Critical

1998-02-05
Publication of AU686537B2
publication
Critical
patent/AU686537B2/en

2005-04-28
Assigned to ANZPAC SYSTEMS LIMITED
reassignment
ANZPAC SYSTEMS LIMITED
Alteration of Name(s) in Register under S187
Assignors: HORTICULTURAL AUTOMATION LIMITED

2013-12-16
Anticipated expiration
legal-status
Critical

Status
Ceased
legal-status
Critical
Current

Links

Espacenet

Global Dossier

Discuss

Classifications

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS

B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices

B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types

B65G47/94—Devices for flexing or tilting travelling structures; Throw-off carriages

B65G47/96—Devices for tilting links or platform

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS

B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices

B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types

B65G47/94—Devices for flexing or tilting travelling structures; Throw-off carriages

B65G47/96—Devices for tilting links or platform

B65G47/962—Devices for tilting links or platform tilting about an axis substantially parallel to the conveying direction

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS

B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled

B65G2201/02—Articles

B65G2201/0202—Agricultural and processed food products

B65G2201/0211—Fruits and vegetables

Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC

Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids

Y10S209/912—Endless feed conveyor with means for holding each item individually

Abstract

A plurality of carriers 1 and spaced apart along an endless conveyor in an article grading apparatus. The articles are supported between a roller 2 and a back plate 7. The rollers 2 can be raised and rotated, at which time, superfluous articles supported between the rollers 2 of consecutive carriers will be ejected so that with the lowering of the roller 2, only one or a selected number of the articles remain in a particular carrier 1.

AU28712/97A
1992-12-22
1997-07-18
Article grading apparatus

Ceased

AU686537B2
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

NZ245567

1992-12-22

NZ24556792

1992-12-22

Related Parent Applications (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU56614/94A
Division

AU687024B2
(en)

1992-12-22
1993-12-16
Article grading apparatus

Publications (2)

Publication Number
Publication Date

AU2871297A
true

AU2871297A
(en)

1997-09-25

AU686537B2

AU686537B2
(en)

1998-02-05

Family
ID=19924227
Family Applications (2)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU56614/94A
Expired

AU687024B2
(en)

1992-12-22
1993-12-16
Article grading apparatus

AU28712/97A
Ceased

AU686537B2
(en)

1992-12-22
1997-07-18
Article grading apparatus

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU56614/94A
Expired

AU687024B2
(en)

1992-12-22
1993-12-16
Article grading apparatus

Country Status (11)

Country
Link

US
(1)

US6003653A
(en)

EP
(2)

EP0675768B1
(en)

JP
(1)

JPH08504729A
(en)

AT
(2)

ATE184855T1
(en)

AU
(2)

AU687024B2
(en)

BR
(1)

BR9307731A
(en)

DE
(2)

DE69329426T2
(en)

ES
(2)

ES2137749T3
(en)

GR
(2)

GR3032209T3
(en)

NZ
(2)

NZ258653A
(en)

WO
(1)

WO1994014547A1
(en)

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Title

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(en)

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1999-01-28
Geoffrey William Payne
Conveying cup assembly for a fruit handling equipment

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(en)

2003-01-31
2005-06-24
Anzpac Systems Ltd
Article carrier for a grading apparatus

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(en)

*

2003-10-09
2010-07-16
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CLASSIFYING DEVICE.

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(en)

*

2009-09-21
2011-03-22
Greefs Wagen Carrosserie

TRANSPORTATION DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING A PRODUCT, AND SORTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THIS.

WO2013143561A1
(en)

*

2012-03-29
2013-10-03
Red Bull Gmbh
Computer network for monitoring and controlling storage facilities comprising a load state device and a user detection device

CN102616527A
(en)

*

2012-04-01
2012-08-01
无锡大东机械制造有限公司
Lifting conveyor for articles packed in bags and boxes

JP2015533649A
(en)

2012-11-08
2015-11-26
コンパック テクノロジーズ リミティド

Article transporter for rating device

EP3478607A4
(en)

*

2016-07-01
2020-03-11
Compac Technologies Limited
Conveyor system and article carriers therefor

CN109834057A
(en)

*

2019-03-22
2019-06-04
平度市林焱精密机械厂
A kind of fruit sorting delivery vehicle

CN113479567B
(en)

*

2021-07-14
2022-05-20
浙江大学
Roller type conveying device for fruit and vegetable sorting

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Title

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1972-12-02
1974-10-25
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1978-11-24
1981-04-21
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Process and apparatus for weighing and sorting articles

JPS5719221A
(en)

*

1980-07-09
1982-02-01
Maki Seisakusho:Kk
Classifying bucket for fruit, vegetables and the like

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(en)

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1982-02-01
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JPS5719222A
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*

1980-07-09
1982-02-01
Maki Seisakusho:Kk
Discharging device for bucket conveyor type classfier for fruit, vegetables and the like

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(en)

*

1982-01-18
1983-09-13
Eshet Eilon
Apparatus for weighing continuously-moving articles particularly useful for grading produce

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(en)

*

1982-02-02
1983-08-11
Maki Seisakusho:Kk
Conveyer device

IT1198074B
(en)

*

1986-11-10
1988-12-21
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SORTING EQUIPMENT WITH TRANSPORTATION DEVICES FOR OBJECTS TO BE SORTED PREPOSITIONABLE ACCORDING TO THE DISCHARGE DESTINATION

EP0267790A3
(en)

*

1986-11-12
1990-01-17
Lockwood Graders (U.K.) Limited
Method and apparatus for sorting articles

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(en)

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1988-11-29
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Tire handling tray sortation system

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(en)

*

1988-03-15
1996-03-12
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Method and apparatus for handling objects

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(en)

*

1988-05-31
1990-04-20
Aaron James Warkentin
Off-loading conveying system.

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(en)

*

1988-09-23
1991-09-03
Powell Machinery Inc.
Self-singulating weight sizer

JPH02169409A
(en)

*

1989-11-24
1990-06-29
Maki Seisakusho:Kk
Bucket for bucket conveyor type selector

FR2670691B1
(en)

*

1990-12-19
1993-03-19
Materiel Arboriculture

DEVICE FOR CONVEYING PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY FRUIT, SUITABLE FOR SORTING SUCH PRODUCTS ACCORDING TO PREDETERMINED SELECTION CRITERIA.

US5244100A
(en)

*

1991-04-18
1993-09-14
Regier Robert D
Apparatus and method for sorting objects

ES2136621T3
(en)

*

1991-04-18
1999-12-01
Autoline Inc

DEVICE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECTS.

WO1993007972A1
(en)

*

1991-10-15
1993-04-29
Colour Vision Systems Pty. Ltd.
Conveying system for foodstuffs

EP0540464B2
(en)

*

1991-10-29
2004-12-15
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Piece-good sorting apparatus

US5267654A
(en)

*

1992-05-26
1993-12-07
Durand-Wayland, Inc.
Article-holding cup and sorting apparatus

CH685491A5
(en)

*

1992-07-30
1995-07-31
Daverio Ag
Carriage of a conveyor for piece goods.

1993

1993-12-16
DE
DE69329426T
patent/DE69329426T2/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1993-12-16
ES
ES97113197T
patent/ES2137749T3/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1993-12-16
DE
DE69326565T
patent/DE69326565T2/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1993-12-16
AT
AT97113197T
patent/ATE184855T1/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation

1993-12-16
ES
ES94902140T
patent/ES2152301T3/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1993-12-16
JP
JP6515050A
patent/JPH08504729A/en
active
Pending

1993-12-16
BR
BR9307731-9A
patent/BR9307731A/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation

1993-12-16
US
US08/464,647
patent/US6003653A/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1993-12-16
WO
PCT/NZ1993/000126
patent/WO1994014547A1/en
active
IP Right Grant

1993-12-16
NZ
NZ258653A
patent/NZ258653A/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation

1993-12-16
EP
EP94902140A
patent/EP0675768B1/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1993-12-16
AT
AT94902140T
patent/ATE196265T1/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation

1993-12-16
AU
AU56614/94A
patent/AU687024B2/en
not_active
Expired

1993-12-16
NZ
NZ314466A
patent/NZ314466A/en
not_active
IP Right Cessation

1993-12-16
EP
EP97113197A
patent/EP0808785B1/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1997

1997-07-18
AU
AU28712/97A
patent/AU686537B2/en
not_active
Ceased

1999

1999-12-21
GR
GR990403296T
patent/GR3032209T3/en
unknown

2000

2000-12-12
GR
GR20000402740T
patent/GR3035052T3/en
unknown

Also Published As

Publication number
Publication date

BR9307731A
(en)

1999-08-31

AU5661494A
(en)

1994-07-19

WO1994014547A1
(en)

1994-07-07

JPH08504729A
(en)

1996-05-21

DE69329426D1
(en)

2000-10-19

DE69329426T2
(en)

2001-03-29

EP0808785B1
(en)

1999-09-22

ATE184855T1
(en)

1999-10-15

EP0675768A1
(en)

1995-10-11

ES2152301T3
(en)

2001-02-01

US6003653A
(en)

1999-12-21

ATE196265T1
(en)

2000-09-15

ES2137749T3
(en)

1999-12-16

GR3035052T3
(en)

2001-03-30

EP0675768B1
(en)

2000-09-13

NZ314466A
(en)

1997-05-26

NZ258653A
(en)

1997-05-26

EP0675768A4
(en)

1996-06-05

EP0808785A1
(en)

1997-11-26

DE69326565D1
(en)

1999-10-28

DE69326565T2
(en)

2000-03-09

GR3032209T3
(en)

2000-04-27

AU687024B2
(en)

1998-02-19

AU686537B2
(en)

1998-02-05

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