Patent ID: 11897003
Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 16:
17. An automated object sorting system for sorting objects and depositing the sorted objects into selected receptacles, the system comprising:
a sorting tray configured to hold multiple objects to be sorted;
an indexing table configured to hold the sorting tray;
a transfer funnel disposed generally below the indexing table;
an array of nozzles disposed generally above the indexing table, the array of nozzles operable to remove multiple of the objects from the sorting tray; and
a collection assembly disposed generally below the transfer funnel, the collection assembly including multiple collection receptacles configured to receive the removed objects from the array of nozzles, via the transfer funnel;
wherein the transfer funnel includes at least two internal passages for directing the removed objects through the transfer funnel to different ones of the multiple collection receptacles.