US 11,142,409 B1Granted

Conveyor system with orientation of conveyed food products

AssigneeVibratory Solutions, LLC

InventorsJames L. Karpinsky, James Martin Bakos, Scott Jay Paul Rose, Bradley Charles Slepicka

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Abstract

A vibratory conveyor system includes two or more product transfer pans bearing lengthwise channels along which products travel, each pan being linked to a respective shaker base via respective spring arms. Successive product transfer pans each have one or more of (1) greater vibration distance oriented along the direction of product travel, (2) greater vibrational frequency/speed, and/or (2) lesser spring arm angle with respect to vertical, than the prior product transfer pan(s). These features assist with obtaining a high degree of uniform product alignment, with products being aligned lengthwise within the channels of the pans, even where products are non-rigid and malleable/reshapeable (for example, for meat cutlets and fish fillets).

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Dependent claims

A conveyor system including:

A. a first product transfer pan extending between a first pan input end and a first pan output end, with elongated first spring arms linking the first product transfer pan to a first shaker motor, and
B. a second product transfer pan extending between a second pan input end and a second pan output end, with elongated second spring arms linking the second product transfer pan to a second shaker motor,
wherein:
a. the second pan input end is situated adjacent the first pan output end, whereby the second pan input end receives product from the first pan output end,
b. the first spring arms are aligned at a greater angle to a vertical plane than the second spring arms,
c. the first product transfer pan is configured to vibrate at a first frequency by a first distance along a product travel direction extending between the first pan input end and the second pan output end,
d. the second product transfer pan is configured to vibrate at a second frequency by a second distance along the product travel direction, and
e. the second distance is greater than the first distance.

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