Patent ID: 7743927

Claim:
An adjustable slide width reducer for a gravity slide sorter, said gravity slide sorter having an inlet for product and a slide, said product supply inlet having a cross-sectional area, said slide having a direction of travel, said adjustable slide width reducer comprising: a body, said body for positioning proximate said gravity slide sorter intermediate said product supply inlet and said slide, a product flow rate adjustment assembly, said product flow rate adjustment assembly affixed to said body, said product flow rate adjustment assembly for positioning adjacent said product supply inlet, said product flow rate adjustment assembly having an aperture therethrough, said aperture of said product flow rate adjustment assembly for communicating with said product supply inlet, a partition, said partition affixed to said body, said partition having a first edge and a second edge, said partition first edge for positioning adjacent said product supply inlet, said partition second edge for positioning adjacent said slide, and a slide width control guide, said slide width control guide for contacting said slide, said slide width control guide parallel to said slide direction of travel, and said slide width control guide aligned with said second edge of said partition.