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Conveyor system for a fish cleaning plant

US5070998A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1990
Grant dateDec 10, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA22C25/08
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor system suitable for holding food products, such as fish, comprising a feed conveyor, having a discharge end, a receiving conveyor having a receiving end, a double conveyor having a collecting end adjacent said discharge end and an output end adjacent the receiving end. The double conveyor has two cooperating conveyor belts arranged vertically one above the other so as to be capable of gripping food products on the feed conveyor and being able to transport the food products to the receiving conveyor, the collecting end of the double conveyor is laterally displaceable in response to information signals obtained from a preceding processing station.

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