REJECTOR DEVICE AND ARRAY, METHOD OF SORTING DISCRETE OBJECTS AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC B07C5/36 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: disclosed is an invention for automatic sorting of fruit and vegetables etc. Rejector device for use within a system for sorting discrete objects, rejector device comprising at least one divert device arranged to change trajectory of an object, and drive means arranged to drive divert device between at least three discrete positions such that in use, at least one of said discrete objects passes along one of three paths, and a method of sorting discrete objects comprising steps of positioning a divert device in one of three discrete positions; and varying trajectory of at least one of said discrete objects when said divert device is positioned in two of said three discrete positions.

EFFECT: proposed invention provides technical problem, on how to sort discrete objects, such as fruit or vegetables, into three or more classes, while minimising possibility of damage of such fragile objects and avoiding use of a plurality of successive sorting devices.

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