IP Library Granted Patent US 11,213,861
Granted Patent B2
US 11,213,861 · App. 17/048,182 · Granted Jan 4, 2022

Conveyed article sorting device

Inventors: Hisashi Beppu (Tokyo, JP); Hidenobu Tochigi (Tokyo, JP); Xavier Gómez Garcia (Barcelona, ES)
Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
B07C5/362B65G47/82B65G47/8823B65G2201/02B65G2201/0235B65G2203/0216B65G2203/0233
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Patent No.
US 11,213,861
App. No.
17/048,182
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conveyed article sorting device is provided, which has: a conveyor which conveys articles; a track configured such that the articles conveyed by the conveyor can be transferred onto the track from the conveyor; and a rotary gate which can come into contact with the articles on the conveyor; wherein, when an article to be sampled is conveyed by the conveyor, the rotary gate moves the article to be sampled from the conveyor onto the track.

Claims (22)

1. A conveyed article sorting device comprising:

a conveyor configured to convey articles;

a track configured to allow the articles conveyed by the conveyor to be transferred from the conveyor; and

a rotary gate rotatable to come into contact with the articles on the conveyor;

wherein

when an article to be sampled is conveyed by the conveyor, the rotary gate transfers the article to be sampled from the conveyor to the track,

the track forms a bypass route of the conveyor,

the rotary gate is rotatable to transfer the article on the track to the conveyor, and

when an article not to be sampled is conveyed by the conveyor, the rotary gate does not transfer the article not to be sampled from the conveyor to the track.

2. The conveyed article sorting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor configured to detect an article to be transferred from the track to the conveyor.

3. The conveyed article sorting device according to claim 1 , further comprising an inspection device configured to determine the article to be sampled.

4. The conveyed article sorting device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotary gate selects the article to be sampled at random.

5. A conveyed article sorting device comprising:

a conveyor configured to convey articles;

a track configured to allow the articles conveyed by the conveyor to be transferred from the conveyor; and

a rotary gate rotatable to come into contact with the articles on the conveyor;

wherein

when an article to be sampled is conveyed by the conveyor, the rotary gate transfers the article to be sampled from the conveyor to the track,

when an article not to be sampled is conveyed by the conveyor, the rotary gate does not transfer the article not to be sampled from the conveyor to the track, and

when an article to be eliminated is conveyed by the conveyor, the rotary gate eliminates the article to be eliminated from the conveyor by pushing the article to be eliminated to a side of the conveyor opposite from the track.

6. The conveyed article sorting device according to claim 5 , further comprising an inspection device configured to determine the article to be eliminated.

7. The conveyed article sorting device according to claim 5 , wherein the articles are containers, and a container which does not contain a predetermined amount of drug, a container containing a freeze-dried cake which does not meet a predetermined standard, a container having a cap at a position other than a predetermined position, and a container having a cap in a predetermined color are eliminated.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 20, 2025
From: AZBIL TELSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.U. A/K/A AZBIL TELSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.
To: SYNTEGON TELSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.U.
Reel/Frame 072069/0263 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2024
From: AZBIL CORPORATION
To: AZBIL TELSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.U.
Reel/Frame 068308/0852 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2020
From: BEPPU, HISASHI; TOCHIGI, HIDENOBU; GÓMEZ GARCIA, XAVIER
To: AZBIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054074/0845 →
Continuity (1)
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