Conveying device having several outputs
AssigneeSidel Engineering & Conveying Solutions
InventorsAnthony Gehin, Patrick Hutter
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Abstract
Disclosed is a conveying device including an upstream conveying unit for receiving products from at least one upstream station, an accumulation surface along which the upstream conveying unit circulates, a loading unit for moving the products from the upstream conveying unit to the accumulation surface, a downstream conveying unit for clearing the products, and an unloading unit for moving the products from the accumulation surface to the downstream conveying unit. The downstream conveying unit includes a plurality of independent moving unit receiving the products in receiving zones which are successively distributed from the edge of the accumulation surface opposite the edge along which the upstream conveying unit extends. Also disclosed is a corresponding method.
Claims20
Conveying device (1) comprising an upstream conveying means (2) to receive products (3) from at least one upstream station, an accumulation surface (4) along which the upstream conveying means (2) travels, a loading means (5) to move the products (3) from the upstream conveying means (2) onto the accumulation surface, a downstream conveying means (6) to remove the products (3), as well as an offloading means (7) to move the products (3) from the accumulation surface (4) onto the downstream conveying means (6), wherein
- the downstream conveying means (6) comprises a plurality of independent movement means that receive the products (3) in receiving zones that are successively distributed from the edge of the accumulation surface (4) that is opposite the one along which the upstream conveying means (2) extends.
Method for conveying products (3) traveling on an upstream conveying means (2) that carries them in a single-line column in a conveying direction (11), then onto a parallel downstream conveying means (6), comprising steps of
- loading an accumulation surface (4) by pushing the products (3) there transversely from the upstream conveying means (2),
- offloading the accumulation surface (4) by moving the products (3) transversely onto the downstream conveying means (6),
- removing the products (3) as a result of the movement of the downstream conveying means (6),
- wherein the downstream conveying means (6) comprises a plurality of independent movement means, the products (3) being offloaded by batch on one or the other of these independent movement means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.