Patent ID: 9658176
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A01C,G01N,G01R

Claim:
1. A high throughput dynamic small object sorting system, said system comprising: a conveyor assembly including a small object conveyor belt having a plurality of small object cups attached thereto, the conveyor assembly structured and operable to continuously move the conveyor belt at a selected constant rate of speed during operation of the system; a small object feeder assembly structured and operable to singulate small objects from a plurality of small objects and deposit each singulated small object into a respective one of the small object cups as the conveyor belt continuously moves at the selected constant rate of speed; a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) assembly having the conveyor belt operably extending therethrough, the NMR assembly structure and operable to generate at least one of oil and moisture mass data for each small object as each small object moves through the NMR assembly at the selected constant rate of speed; a microwave resonance cavity structured and operable to receive and have pass therethrough, without pause, each small object after each respective small object has been conveyed through the NMR assembly and to obtain total small object mass data for each respective small object; and a computer based central control system structured and operable to: