Patent ID: 6355897
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B07C,G01N

Abstract:
A device for sorting of pellets, said device comprising:a conveying device for conveying pellets; feeding means for feeding pellets on said conveying device; detection device for detecting defective pellets which are conveyed on said conveying device; sorting means for sorting out said defective pellets which are detected by means of said detection device, and said sorting means comprises a release device for pellets which cooperates with said detection device, and said detection device comprises two recesses, which permit pellets to be conveyed through the detection device, wherein a chamber is arranged between said recesses, and wherein the chamber is operative with a light transmittable section of said track, a detector and a light source, wherein the detector and the light source are arranged on either side of the section in order to illuminate and detect pellets which are conveyed on the section, wherein the chamber is elongated and has two ends, that the light source is directed into one end of the chamber in the direction towards said light transmittable section so that the light travels through the light transmittable section and further into the detector in order to detect said defective pellets, wherein the detector is arranged in a distal end of the chamber and sends a signal to the release device depending upon whether a defect has been detected or not and releases pellets into the sorting means.