Conveyor device for conveying food products
US10807748B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/2192
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A conveyor device 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 is provided. The conveyor device 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 when a product gap is sensed. A corresponding method is also provided.
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