Patent ID: 11969758
Assignee: nan
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 8:
9. An object-sorting apparatus comprising:
at least one vibration element; and
a plurality of modular stages stacked in a vertical sequence, wherein each of the plurality of modular stages comprises:
housing walls configured to align vertically with the housing walls of at least one vertically adjacent stage of the plurality of stages, wherein the housing walls of the plurality of stages cooperate to define a housing of the object-sorting apparatus;
a receptacle configured for selective movement between a collecting position inside the housing and an opened position, the receptacle comprising receptacle walls and a floor, the floor comprising a plurality of apertures defined therein and extending therethrough, the floor operationally coupled to the at least one vibration element when the receptacle is in the collecting position, wherein a first of the plurality of stages further comprises a tab along one of an upper edge and a lower edge of the housing walls and a second of the plurality of stages further comprises a slot along an opposite one of the upper edge and the lower edge, the tab and the slot configured to register when the first and second stages are vertically stacked together.