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US 10,457,496 B2Granted
Unloading device
AssigneeRotzinger AG
InventorKurt Philipp
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Abstract
An unloading device is used for unloading products located on product carrier trays, which in turn are provided in product carrier shuttles of a chain store, onto outfeed conveyor belts. To increase unloading performance, at least two vertically pivotable outfeed belts are provided one above the other on the outlet side. For simultaneously unloading a plurality of trays, a pusher includes a corresponding plurality of pushing bars.
Claims7
An unloading device for unloading products located on product carrier trays, which in turn are disposed in product carrier shuttles of a chain store, onto outfeed conveyor belts, comprising:
- a main conveyor belt having a transfer edge and an outlet side, the transfer edge being adjacent to the product carrier shuttles and the outlet side being opposite to the transfer edge, and the main conveyor belt is hinged at the outlet side to enable vertical pivoting of the transfer edge;
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- at least one additional belt located above the main conveyor belt and being mechanically connected in a stationary manner to the main conveyor belt for common vertical pivoting together with the main conveyor belt,
- wherein the at least one additional belt is shorter than the main conveyor belt.
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