Classifying or sorting
CA 2104470 C · Owner: Smith, Martin Phillip · Inventors: Smith, Robin Wynclyffe; Smith, Martin Phillip
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In order to sort ore from associated mineral material, a method of classifying an object is provided the method comprising feeding the object along a feed path, irradiating the object with infra-red radiation of a first wavelength, the radiation of the first wavelength being focussed onto an irradiation zone intersecting the feed path, the irradiation zone having a length in the vertical plane substantially greater than its width in the vertical plane. The intensity of radiation emitted by the object at at least one second wavelength different from the first wavelength is examined, the second wavelength being characteristic of a first class of object (in this case, the ore to be sorted from …
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- Filed February 20, 1992 and granted April 1, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 2012.
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