Norman M Pedersen

US Patent:

20130146418, Jun 13, 2013

Filed:

Dec 9, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/315786

Inventors:

Norman Merrill PEDERSEN - Portland OR, US
Doug J. GARCIA - Beaverton OR, US

Assignee:

ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC - Portland OR

International Classification:

B65G 47/46

US Classification:

198348

Abstract:

A sorting apparatus can include a component carrier structured to transport a component along a travel path, a first sort bin, a second sort bin, a first transfer station structured to transfer a component from the component carrier at a first transfer position along the travel path to the first sort bin and a second transfer station structured to transfer a component from the component carrier at a second transfer position along the travel path to the second sort bin. In this embodiment, the distance between the first transfer position and the second transfer position can be less than a width of at least one of the first sort bin and the second sort bin.