Patent ID: 11958081
Assignee: BINDER GMBH
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A sorting device for sorting objects, comprising:
a chute on which the objects are movable in a conveying direction by an acting gravitational force, wherein the chute has a cutout comprising a measuring area;
a LIBS laser device positioned adjacent to the cutout of the chute to perform a spectroscopic measurement of the objects moving along the chute through the cutout;
a blow-out element in the form of one or more discharge nozzles, from which at least one fluid stream emerges, for sorting out a first fraction of the objects along a discharge direction, wherein the blow-out element is arranged below the chute and/or below an imaginary extension of the chute; and
a controller for controlling the blow-out element depending on the measurement results of the LIBS laser device;
wherein the sorting device comprises a further blow-out element in the form of one or more discharge nozzles, from which at least one fluid stream emerges, for sorting out a second fraction of the objects along a discharge direction, which further blow-out element is arranged above the chute and/or above the imaginary extension of the chute, wherein the controller is configured to control the further blow-out element depending on the measurement results of the LIBS laser device; and
wherein an angle (α) between the discharge direction of the blow-out element and the conveying direction and/or an angle (β) between the discharge direction of the further blow-out element and the conveying direction is adjustable.