Capsule inspection and separation

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING CAPSULES AND SEPARATING OUT OF SLACK-FILLED CAPSULES WHICH COMPRISES: AN ENDLESS INSPECTION BELT, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SAID BELT ON WHICH IS A SINGLE LAYER OF CAPSULES, AN INCLINED CAPSULE CHUTE HAVING AT LEAST ONE DIRECTIONAL AIR JET IN THE CAPSULE TRAVERSING FLOOR THEREOF, A DEFLECTOR ADJACENT TO SAID BELT TO DEFFLECT SAID SINGLE LAYER OF CAPSULES FROM SAID BELT TO AND DOWN SAID CHUTE, AN AIR PRESSURE BOX UNDER SAID CHUTE, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AIR UNDER CONTROLLED PRESSURE TO SAID AIR PRESSURE BOX, AND BY WAY OF SAID BOX TO SAID AIR JET IN THE FLOOR OF THE CAPSULE CHUTE, AN INSPECTED CAPSULE RECEIVER BELOW SAID SHUTE TO RECEIVE INSPECTED CAPSULES FROM SAID CHUTE, A DIVIDER ABOVE SAID CAPSULE CHUTE SPACED WITH JUST SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CHUTE FOR A SINGLE LAYER OF THE LARGEST CAPSULES TO BE INSPECTED TO PASS UNDER SAID DIVIDER, AND ADJACENT TO THE AIR LAST FROM THE AIR JET IN THE FLOOR OF SAID CAPSULE CHUTE, AND SPACED SO CLOSELY TO THE AIR BLAST THAT A SLACK-FILLED CAPSULE CANNOT PASS BETWEEN THE AIR BLAST AND THE DIVIDER, SAID DIVIDER FORMING WITH THE SIDES OF THE CHUTE A SLACKFILLED CAPSULE TRAP, TO RECEIVE SLACK-FILLED CAPSULES BLOWN UPWARDLY BY SAID BLAST, A SCREEN OVER THE SAID DIVIDER, TO PREVENT SLACK-FILLED CAPSULES FROM BEING BLOWN OUT INTO THE APPARATUS, A SLACK-FILLED CAPSULE BACKET, AND AN AIR CONVEYOR TO TRANSFER SLACK-FILLED CAPSULES FROM SAID SLACKFILLED CAPSULE TRAP TO SAID SLACK-FILLED CAPSULE BASKET.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING CAPSULES AND SEPARATING OUT OF SLACK-FILLED CAPSULES WHICH COMPRISES: AN ENDLESS INSPECTION BELT, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING SAID BELT ON WHICH IS A SINGLE LAYER OF CAPSULES, AN INCLINED CAPSULE CHUTE HAVING AT LEAST ONE DIRECTIONAL AIR JET IN THE CAPSULE TRAVERSING FLOOR THEREOF, A DEFLECTOR ADJACENT TO SAID BELT TO DEFFLECT SAID SINGLE LAYER OF CAPSULES FROM SAID BELT TO AND DOWN SAID CHUTE, AN AIR PRESSURE BOX UNDER SAID CHUTE, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AIR UNDER CONTROLLED PRESSURE TO SAID AIR PRESSURE BOX, AND BY WAY OF SAID BOX TO SAID AIR JET IN THE FLOOR OF THE CAPSULE CHUTE, AN INSPECTED CAPSULE RECEIVER BELOW SAID SHUTE TO RECEIVE INSPECTED CAPSULES FROM SAID CHUTE, A DIVIDER ABOVE SAID CAPSULE CHUTE SPACED WITH JUST SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CHUTE FOR A SINGLE LAYER OF THE LARGEST CAPSULES TO BE INSPECTED TO PASS UNDER SAID DIVIDER, AND ADJACENT TO THE AIR LAST FROM THE AIR JET IN THE FLOOR OF SAID CAPSULE CHUTE, AND SPACED SO CLOSELY TO THE AIR BLAST THAT A SLACK-FILLED CAPSULE CANNOT PASS BETWEEN THE AIR BLAST AND THE DIVIDER, SAID DIVIDER FORMING WITH THE SIDES OF THE CHUTE A SLACKFILLED CAPSULE TRAP, TO RECEIVE SLACK-FILLED CAPSULES BLOWN UPWARDLY BY SAID BLAST, A SCREEN OVER THE SAID DIVIDER, TO PREVENT SLACK-FILLED CAPSULES FROM BEING BLOWN OUT INTO THE APPARATUS, A SLACK-FILLED CAPSULE BACKET, AND AN AIR CONVEYOR TO TRANSFER SLACK-FILLED CAPSULES FROM SAID SLACKFILLED CAPSULE TRAP TO SAID SLACK-FILLED CAPSULE BASKET.