Patent ID: 8438966
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: F15B,F16J

Abstract:
1. A device for segregating articles, whereby a plurality of articles on a conveyor belt passes a detection unit in a conveying direction of the conveyor belt, whereby the conveyor belt is associated with a segregating element, the device comprising: at least one cylinder with a cylinder housing and a piston installed in the cylinder that has at least one valve, so that, via a control unit, a medium can be fed into and discharged from the cylinder via at least one line, as a result of which the piston can be moved into and out of the cylinder in a piston direction along at least one sliding surface of the cylinder housing, and so that a sealing housing sealing element is arranged on the at least one sliding surface of the cylinder housing, and at least one piston sealing element is arranged on the piston, the at least one valve, the at least one line, the housing sealing element and the at least one piston sealing element being configured so as to create a hard sealing, the piston having a piston rod with a pusher plate capable of removing defective ones of the plurality of articles, the piston direction forming an acute angle with the conveying direction.