Conveying apparatus comprising a conveying path and designed to supply a plurality of products for consumption having soft parts to a processing device, and processing machine comprising a conveying apparatus and a processing device
US9039498B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/2192
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A conveying apparatus has a conveying path to supply a plurality of products for consumption having soft parts and intended for processing to a processing device. A conveying intermediate space has conveying surfaces that face one another and receive the products for consumption between them while applying pressure thereto. A first conveying surface comprises a flexible surface-deformable conveying cover and a row arrangement of pressure elements that are arranged next to one another in a row extending transverse to the conveying direction, each having a pressure-applying transverse profile extending transverse to the conveying direction, and are held to be displaceable in the height dimension direction of the conveying intermediate space against a restoring force such that each pressure element co-operates with the surface-deformable conveying cover during the passage of the products for consumption through the conveying path in order to form a variable conveyor cross-section.
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