Patent ID: 9550214
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B07B,B65B

Claim:
1. A sorting and bagging apparatus comprising: a container having an internal chamber with an opening thereinto; a lid positioned on the container, the lid having a through opening aligned with the opening into the container; a basket extending through the through opening and supported by the lid, the basket having sidewalls, a bottom surface and having an opening into the basket, wherein at least the bottom surface has a plurality of passages therethrough; and a funnel having a funnel body extending continuously between an inlet edge and an outlet edge, the funnel secured relative to the basket such that the inlet edge extends along the basket bottom surface and the funnel body extends out of the opening into the basket such that the outlet edge is spaced from the lid, wherein a sorting chamber extends between the basket sidewalls, the basket bottom surface and the funnel; wherein the lid is tiltable from a sorting position wherein the lid is supported by the container and the basket is within the internal chamber to a tilted position wherein at least a portion of the lid is spaced from the container, and when the lid is in the tilted position, contents within the sorting chamber pass from the sorting chamber to the funnel and out of the funnel at the outlet edge.