A tablet inspection apparatus includes a supply unit including a rotary plate inclinedly disposed, and a transfer plate having a downwardly inclined surface, inclined outwardly on the same level as top dead center of the rotary plate while rotating with the rotary plate around the rotary plate, a first rotary unit inclinedly disposed with respect to the supply unit, and formed such that suction force is applied in a certain section in a circumferential direction, and a second rotary unit installed on one side of the first rotary unit, and formed such that suction force is applied in a certain section in a circumferential direction.

An apparatus for feeding rod-shaped articles includes a hopper having at least one mouth for dispensing the articles, subdivided by vertical walls parallel to each other forming vertical channels positioned side by side, each accommodating a stack of the articles At a position above an upper edge of each wall is positioned a cylindrical roller oscillating in both directions about its axis parallel to the axes of the articles for facilitating entry in the channels. The axis of each roller is offset laterally in a horizontal direction relative to the upper edge of the wall below and adjacent to it, and the upper edges of the walls relative to each channel are positioned at different levels such that the width of the passage defined between each pair of adjacent rollers lying above the walls of the channel is slightly greater than the diameter of the article.

A method and a device for individually supplying rollable discoidal components stocked in a reservoir in a supply position, wherein one component is respectively held in the supply position with the aid of a magnetic field of the device.

A parts organizer receives small parts such as mechanical fasteners in bulk form and organizes a plurality of the parts in a common desired orientation. Unoriented parts are received on top of a parts holder and subsequently moved along an upper side of the parts holder by an agitator. A plurality of receptacles are formed in the parts holder and open on its upper side. Each receptacle is configured to hold one of the parts in the desired orientation and may include a lead-in feature to help reorient the parts as they encounter the receptacles during movement. A retaining wall operates to contain unheld parts at the upper side of the parts holder during a parts organizing step and to allow the agitator to clear unheld parts away from the upper side of the parts holder during a purge step.

The present invention discloses a spring separation device comprising a silo and a distributor. The silo has a feed hole and the distributor has a discharge hole. One end of the feed pipe is connected with the feed hole and the other end is connected with the discharge hole. The distributor has a needle and a spacer. The needle is located at the proximal end of the discharge hole. The spacer is located at the distal end of the discharge hole. There is an opening on the side wall of the distributor corresponding to the needle and the spacer for the needle and the spacer in and out of the cavity of the distributor. The needle and the spacer are operated simultaneously under linkage mechanism. At the same time, the present invention also discloses a spring separation method. The present invention and the method thereof can quickly and accurately separate and feed the springs, and the structure is simple and easy to use, thereby increasing the production speed and improving the production efficiency.

The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for analyzing and sorting batteries according to battery classifications. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems scan a target battery with a plurality of sensors and analyze signals of the plurality of sensors utilizing a classifier model to determine a battery classification for the target battery. Also, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems indicate the predicted battery classification to a battery sorting mechanism for sorting the target battery. Additional mechanisms and related methods for automated classification and sorting of batteries are disclosed.

An article supply device has: a transport part that transports transported objects, and a movable block. The movable block is provided with a storage part that can store one of the transported objects in a reception position that communicates with a downstream end of the transport part. The movable block is capable of reciprocal movement in a direction that intersects the reception direction of the transported object. At one end of the reciprocal movement, the storage part is in the reception position. At the other end of the reciprocal movement, the storage part is in a dispensation or retrieval position from which the transported object can be dispensed or retrieved.

Provided is a coffee roasting apparatus including a roasting portion formed in a tubular shape having a predetermined length along an advancing direction and formed to have an inner space having a set temperature to roast coffee beans; a conveying portion formed to pass through the roasting portion from the front to rear thereof and installed to be rotatable from the inside to outside of the roasting portion to repeatedly rotate along the same trajectory; and a supply portion installed at an upper side of the conveying portion at the front of the roasting portion to supply coffee beans so that one or more coffee beans continuously fall onto the conveying portion.

The present invention relates to a device for separating bulk material, comprising a conveying device in the form of a rotatable drum, which has one or more receptacles for separately conveying the bulk material from a feeding area for bulk material and is designed to convey bulk material by means of the one or more receptacles in a separated manner from the feeding area to a depositing surface during rotation of the drum.

The present disclosure is directed to devices for manipulating meat pieces and methods therefore. In one form, a device comprises a chute, a conveyor, a backstop, and a paddle wheel. The chute is configured to hold pieces of a food product, and the conveyor is configured to receive pieces of the food product released from the chute. The first backstop is positioned above the conveyor and comprises a plate that is configured to align pieces of food product received at the conveyor into a single row. The paddle wheel is positioned above the conveyor downstream from the first backstop and is configured to manipulate the single row of pieces of food product traveling along the conveyor and cause only a single layer of pieces of food product to discharge from the conveyor.