US 12,269,066 B2
Foreign matter removal system
Hironori Kondo, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
Appl. No. 18/251,482
Filed by FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/010397
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/102145, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/JP2020/042643 (WO), filed on Nov. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0390945 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B07C 5/10 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01)
CPC B07C 5/10 (2013.01) [B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 47/90 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0208 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foreign matter removal system comprising:
a conveyor configured to convey a waste material in which a target object and a foreign matter are mixed;
a detecting module configured to detect the foreign matter contained in the waste material;
a foreign matter removal module provided downstream of the detecting module in a conveyance direction of the conveyor, the foreign matter removal module being configured to remove the foreign matter detected by the detecting module from the waste material;
a foreign matter storage member that is disposed so as to be adjacent to the conveyor and stores the foreign matter;
a sub-conveyor that is disposed above the conveyor, conveys the foreign matter removed from the waste material by the foreign matter removal module to the foreign matter storage member, and discards the foreign matter; and
a sub-conveyor moving section configured to cause the sub-conveyor to approach or separate from the foreign matter removal module.