BREED ASSORTMENT Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC B07C5/342 

FIELD: technological processes.

SUBSTANCE: assortment device (100) for the untreated potentially precious stones classification in aggregate material. The device comprises a conveying system (102) for individual transporting of a stone extracted from the aggregate material to at least one measurement location, and a measuring system (104) configured to conduct in at least one measurement location one or more of the following determinations: whether the stone contains a diamond material, whether the diamond material contains a bead and what shape the stone has. The device also comprises a distribution system (106) configured to transport the stone from the conveying system to one of a plurality of zones, depending on the results of the determination made by the measurement system.

EFFECT: increased efficiency of assortment.

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