United States
US 12,703,009 B2
Melee gemstone sorting machine and methods for analysis
US 12,703,009 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-11. Applicant: Gemological Institute of America, Inc. (GIA). Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- Gemological Institute of America, Inc. (GIA)
- Inventors
- Zhen WANG; RJ PISANI; Joseph MCENERY; Barak ERGI; Yong LIU; Hiroshi TAKAHASHI; Sudhin MANDAL
- Publication date
- 2026-08-11
- Filing date
- 2024-08-28
- Document type
- B2 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 12,703,009 B2 · US12703009 · 12703009
Abstract
The present embodiments relate to a modular system to sort and analyze melee sized gemstones in an automated manner. The system can use a rotating tabletop design to separate gemstones for individual analysis and sorting. For instance, a feeder subsystem can obtain gemstones, and a singulation subsystem can orient the gemstones for further processing. The gemstone can move between subsystems due to the rotation of the table. A set of metric subsystems disposed about the table can process aspects of the gemstone to derive metrics for the gemstone.…
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