EP0280857A3 - Sorting device - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0280857A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: sorting device; sorting
Prior art date: 1987-02-28
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

EP88100738A

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German (de)

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EP0280857B1 (en

EP0280857A2 (en

Inventor

Michael Ing. Habele (Fh)

Jakob Zeyda

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Robert Bosch GmbH

Original Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH

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1987-02-28

Filing date

1988-01-20

Publication date

1989-08-30

1988-01-20 Application filed by Robert Bosch GmbH filed Critical Robert Bosch GmbH

1988-09-07 Publication of EP0280857A2 publication Critical patent/EP0280857A2/en

1989-08-30 Publication of EP0280857A3 publication Critical patent/EP0280857A3/en

1993-11-18 Application granted granted Critical

1993-11-18 Publication of EP0280857B1 publication Critical patent/EP0280857B1/en

2008-01-20 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
- B07C5/04—Sorting according to size
- B07C5/08—Sorting according to size measured electrically or electronically
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
- B07C5/04—Sorting according to size
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
- B07C5/04—Sorting according to size
- B07C5/06—Sorting according to size measured mechanically
- B07C5/065—Sorting according to size measured mechanically with multiple measuring appliances adjusted according to different standards, for example length or thickness, which detect the shape of an object so that if it conforms to the standard set by the measuring appliance, it is removed from the conveyor, e.g. by means of a number of differently calibrated openings
- 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
- Y10S209/929—Fastener sorter

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)

EP88100738A 1987-02-28 1988-01-20 Sorting device Expired - Lifetime EP0280857B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE19873706575 DE3706575A1 (en)	1987-02-28	1987-02-28	SORTING DEVICE
DE3706575		1987-02-28

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0280857A2 EP0280857A2 (en)	1988-09-07
EP0280857A3 true EP0280857A3 (en)	1989-08-30
EP0280857B1 EP0280857B1 (en)	1993-11-18

Family

ID=6322043

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP88100738A Expired - Lifetime EP0280857B1 (en)	1987-02-28	1988-01-20	Sorting device

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
US (1)	US4905842A (en)
EP (1)	EP0280857B1 (en)
DE (2)	DE3706575A1 (en)
ES (1)	ES2046993T3 (en)

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1987
- 1987-02-28 DE DE19873706575 patent/DE3706575A1/en not_active Withdrawn
1988
- 1988-01-12 US US07/143,445 patent/US4905842A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1988-01-20 EP EP88100738A patent/EP0280857B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-01-20 DE DE88100738T patent/DE3885629D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1988-01-20 ES ES88100738T patent/ES2046993T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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US2464449A (en) *		1949-03-15		Johnston
US2310661A (en) *	1940-05-14	1943-02-09	Glenn L Martin Co	Sorting machine
US3455446A (en) *	1967-09-05	1969-07-15	Burton S Seafood Inc	Apparatus and method for advancing objects to gauging slots
FR2071351A5 (en) *	1969-12-24	1971-09-17	Lamson Sessions Co
FR2318971A1 (en) *	1975-07-24	1977-02-18	Grantham Frederick	AUTOMATIC LAUNDRY CLASSIFICATION DEVICE
DE2609081A1 (en) *	1976-03-05	1977-09-08	Lorenz Maschf	Operation checking device for gear cutting machine - has flexible probe which detects difference between cut and uncut blank
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GB2111213A (en) *	1981-12-09	1983-06-29	Neuss Schraubenwerk	Method and apparatus for sorting screws
EP0098735A2 (en) *	1982-07-01	1984-01-18	Diamond Automations Inc.	Article coding and separating system
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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
DE3706575A1 (en)	1988-09-08
ES2046993T3 (en)	1994-02-16
US4905842A (en)	1990-03-06
EP0280857B1 (en)	1993-11-18
EP0280857A2 (en)	1988-09-07
DE3885629D1 (en)	1993-12-23

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EP0278225A3 (en)	1990-05-23	Short-inking device
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GB2193489B (en)	1990-09-05	Sorting device
GB2202016B (en)	1991-03-27	Brake-monitoring device
GB8707136D0 (en)	1987-04-29	Lockback device
EP0303053A3 (en)	1990-04-04	Sheet-transferring device
EP0280860A3 (en)	1989-05-10	Sheet-delivering device
GB8707135D0 (en)	1987-04-29	Lockback device
GB2200402B (en)	1990-12-05	Device
GB2211931B (en)	1992-02-26	Sorting apparatus
EP0297617A3 (en)	1989-11-02	Oxide-superconducting device
GB8713342D0 (en)	1987-07-15	Device
GB8701302D0 (en)	1987-02-25	Anti-assailant device
GB8715921D0 (en)	1987-08-12	Sorting device
ZA887769B (en)	1989-07-26	Sorting apparatus
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SU1591000A1 (en)	1990-09-07	Sorting device
CS82889A1 (en)	1989-12-13	Sorting device
CS728988A1 (en)	1990-07-12	Parts sorting device
GB8702977D0 (en)	1987-03-18	Device
GB8707897D0 (en)	1987-05-07	Device
GB8703268D0 (en)	1987-03-18	Device
GB8703401D0 (en)	1987-03-18	Device

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