Sorting machine

- Buhler Sortex Ltd.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front, top, right side perspective view of a sorting machine;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof and the broken lines in the figure depict unclaimed environmental subject matter;

FIG. 3 is a rear, top, left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the sorting machine and the broken lines in the figure depict unclaimed environmental subject matter;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view thereof and the broken lines in the figure depict unclaimed environmental subject matter; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof and the broken lines in the figure depict unclaimed environmental subject matter.

Claims

The ornamental design for a sorting machine, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D651222
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 8, 2010
Date of Patent: Dec 27, 2011
Assignee: Buhler Sortex Ltd. (London)
Inventor: Douglas Howard Hodgkiss (Walton-on-Thames)
Primary Examiner: Patricia Palasik
Attorney: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Application Number: 29/369,449