Patent ID: 6637598
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B07B,B07C

Abstract:
A foreign substance eliminating apparatus comprising:an upstream transfer path for transferring raw material; a downstream transfer path located down below said upstream transfer path, for receiving and transferring the raw material falling down from being sent out of a terminus of said upstream transfer path; detecting means for detecting a foreign substance from the raw materials being transferred on said upstream transfer path, and for outputting a detection signal; deflecting means for deflecting the falling direction of the falling raw material and the foreign substance by ejecting an eliminating airflow towards the falling raw material, on reaching a decision of the existence of the foreign substance within the raw material, based on said detection signal; capturing means for capturing the foreign substance passing through the eliminating airflow and falling down, above said downstream transfer path; and eliminating means for removing the foreign substance captured by said capturing means, to the outside of said downstream transfer path.