Conveyor device for conveying food products
US10457433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/2192
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a conveyor device (10) for conveying food products on a plurality of parallel conveyor tracks and for formatting the food products in a specific product format, especially for conveying and formatting stacks or interleaved units made of a plurality of slices of cheese or meat products. It is proposed that the conveyor device (10) fills a product gap on one of the conveyor tracks incoming on the input side with a food product so that on the output side all parallel conveyor tracks are supplied with the food products. The invention also includes a corresponding method.
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