Patent ID: 9599679
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G01R,G01V

Claim:
1. A chute assembly for a packaging apparatus, the chute assembly including: a first chute having an internal surface that converges downwardly to direct product downwardly, said surface having an inclination to the horizontal and being of a circular transverse cross-section; a second chute, the second chute being below the first chute so as to receive product therefrom, the second chute having an internal surface that converges downwardly and that has an inclination to the horizontal, and that has a circular transverse cross-section, with the inclination of the surface of the second chute being greater than the inclination of the surface of the first chute; a metal detector surrounding the internal surface of the first chute to detect metal passing through the first chute; and wherein the first and second chutes have a common generally central upright longitudinal axis.