Patent ID: 11919723
Assignee: MANDI B. MILBANK
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  A | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for detecting and rejecting cores having a non-conforming core color before the cores are covered, comprising:
a transport track that is configured to transfer a plurality of cores from a first location toward a second location;
a color differentiation device that is positioned proximate to or within the transport track and between the first location and second location;
wherein the color differentiation device:
(i) is configured to inspect core color of each core while progressing on the transport track from the first location toward the second location; and
(ii) is programmed to differentiate between a conforming core color and a non-conforming core color while inspecting core color; and
(iii) is configured and/or programmed to directly or indirectly notify the transport track which cores have the non-conforming core color; and
wherein the transport track is configured and/or programmed to:
(i) directly or indirectly receive notification from the color differentiation device as to which cores progressing on the transport track have the non-conforming core color; and
(ii) reject/release/eliminate any core having the non-conforming core color from the transport track before that core reaches the second location; and
(iii) progress each core having the conforming core color to the second locations;
wherein each core is received from a heated storage box onto a support disposed on a first uplift conveyor of the transfer track and is transferred onto a horizontally extending conveyor of the transfer track;
wherein the transfer track has at least two parallel pathways which alternatively receive and progress each core along the transport track between the first uplift conveyor and a second uplift conveyor located adjacent the second location; and
wherein each pathway has a bridge that lowers to release a core having a non-conforming core color from progressing further on the pathway when the transport track is notified that a core having a non-conforming core color is detected.