Patent ID: 7900768
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A singulator comprising: a first conveyor advancing in a conveying direction, the first conveyor having rollers protruding through the thickness of the first conveyor with the rollers' peripheries protruding above the first conveyor arranged to rotate in the conveying direction, wherein the tops of the rollers' peripheries all extend to a first level; second and third conveyors flanking the first conveyor on opposite sides and advancing in the conveying direction; wherein the second and third conveyors have rollers protruding through the thickness of the second and third conveyors with the rollers' peripheries protruding above the second and third conveyors arranged to rotate oblique to the conveying direction and toward the first conveyor, wherein the tops of the rollers' peripheries all extend to a second level unequal to the first level; bearing surfaces disposed below the first, second, and third conveyors on which the rollers in the first, second, and third conveyors roll as the conveyors advance in the conveying direction.