Monday, September 17, 2007

Shuffle Feed Sizing Mechanism







Abstract
A shuffle feed sizing structure wherein articles are progressed from valley to valley over a shuffle feed mechanism and as they progress the article advancing face of the shuffle feed member provides a sizing opening of a given width so that the articles small enough to fall through the opening are discharged downwardly beneath the shuffle feed at this point. Various widths of sizing opening are provided between the faces of the shuffle feed as required and the largest articles are discharged over the end. Means are also provided for ejecting articles from a sizing opening if they tend to become wedge or if they remain in front of the sizing opening but are too large to pass through the opening.

Patent number: 3944077
Filing date: Aug 23, 1972
Issue date: Mar 16, 1976
Inventor: Chester Green

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