Conveyor with ejector

An apparatus for use with a conveyor defining a transport direction, a conveyor width extending in a transverse direction orthogonal to the transport direction, and a height direction orthogonal to the transport direction and transverse direction, the apparatus including:

• (a) a mounting bracket adapted to be connected on the conveyor in a bracket position;
• (b) an ejector having a base body connected to the mounting bracket and residing in a base position relative to the conveyor when the mounting bracket is connected to the conveyor in the bracket position, the ejector in the base position having an end region facing in the transverse direction and being operable for acting in the transverse direction for ejecting products from the conveyor, the base body having a length in the transverse direction which is less than the conveyor width;
• (c) an adjusting device included in the mounting bracket, wherein when the mounting bracket is in the bracket position the adjusting device is operable for adjusting the base position of the base body in the transverse direction within an adjustment range between a minimum extension position and a maximum extension position, wherein, when the base position of the base body is in the maximum extension position and the ejector is in an unactuated state, the end region projects across the conveyor in the transverse direction by at least half of the conveyor width;
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• (d) wherein the adjusting device includes at least one hollow guide cylinder extending in the transverse direction and having an air blast nozzle facing in the transverse direction.

An apparatus including:

• (a) a conveyor defining a transport direction, a conveyor width extending in a transverse direction orthogonal to the transport direction, and a height direction orthogonal to the transport direction and transverse direction;
• (b) a mounting bracket connected to the conveyor;
• (c) an ejector operable for acting in the transverse direction for ejecting products from the conveyor, the ejector having an end region facing in the transverse direction and having a base body supported in a base position relative to the conveyor by the mounting bracket, the base body having a length in the transverse direction which is less than the conveyor width;
• (d) an adjusting device included in the mounting bracket, the adjusting device being operable for adjusting the base position of the base body in the transverse direction within an adjustment range between a minimum extension position and a maximum extension position, wherein, when the base position of the base body is in the maximum extension position and the ejector is in an unactuated state, the end region projects across the conveyor in the transverse direction by at least half of the conveyor width;
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• (e) a control arrangement operable to move the base position of the base body from a first location along the adjustment range to a second location along the adjustment range in response to a change of product input, wherein the control arrangement includes a sensor device for detecting a product position on the conveyor and the control arrangement moves the base position of the base body from the first location to the second location in dependence on the product position detected by the sensor device.