Patent ID: 7059478

Claim:
A method for the rejection of commodities supplied en masse to the inlet of a hopper affording at least one outlet and comprising at least one station, coinciding with the outlet, at which the commodities are formed into groups and from where each group of commodities is directed into a respective pocket of first conveying means set in motion along a first predetermined feed path at least toward a first station where the groups of commodities are wrapped, the method comprising: effecting a first inspection of the commodities of each formed group occupying the respective pocket; emptying a pocket of a group of commodities in which at least one commodity is found during the first inspection to be defective; gathering the commodities of the group removed thus from the pocket and directing them along a second predetermined path; effecting a second inspection of the single commodities to identify which is or are defective, rejecting the defective commodity or commodities; and recovering the commodities of the group not identified as being defective.