Overlapping apparatus

US9809401B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TEXTOR Maschinenbau GmbH

Inventors

• Josef Mayer · Rosenheim, DE
• Wilfried Maier · Eppingen, DE
• Jörg Schmeiser · Wiggensbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B26D2210/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, having at least one overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor having at least two tracks, wherein an upper track and a lower track are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels.