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US 11,518,626 B2Granted
Transfer device for transferring eggs and device for transporting and packaging eggs
OwnerGerd Bergmeierinventor
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Abstract
A transfer device for transferring eggs from a conveyor belt to egg packaging, the transfer device includes a frame with at least one mounting plate of a mounting element, on which mounting plate a plurality of suction lifting elements that can be connected to a suction apparatus are mounted. The suction lifting elements are mounted on the mounting plate so as to be movable in the plane of the mounting plate by motorized or hydraulic means between a suction position and a release position.
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A transfer device for transferring eggs from a conveyor belt into an egg pack, the transfer device comprising:
- a frame that is vertically moveable and horizontally pivotable;
- first and second mounting elements mounted side by side on the frame, wherein each of the first and second mounting elements include at least one mounting plate on which a plurality of suction lifting elements that are connectable to a suction device are mounted,
- wherein the plurality of suction lifting elements of the first and second mounting elements are mounted on the respective mounting plate in a plane of the respective mounting plate so that the plurality of suction lifting elements are motor-driven or hydraulically displaceable between a suction position and a delivery position,
- wherein the first and second mounting elements are pivotably mounted on the frame so that the first and second mounting element are pivotable about a respective rotary axis relative to the frame, wherein the respective rotary axis is aligned perpendicularly to the respective mounting element,
- wherein the respective mounting plates each have a longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axis of the respective mounting plates runs along a longest dimension of the respective mounting plate, and
- wherein, in the delivery position and depending on a configuration of eggs relative to each other in the egg pack, the first and second mounting elements and respective mounting plates are selectively configured in one of a first position in which the longitudinal axis of the respective mounting plates are parallel relative to each other and a second position in which the longitudinal axis of the respective mounting plates are non-perpendicular and not parallel relative to each other.
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A device for transporting and packaging eggs in egg packs, the device comprising:
- at least one destacking station for empty egg packs;
- an egg alignment station;
- a transfer station for transferring the eggs from a conveyor belt with a plurality of egg holders arranged next to one another into an egg pack;
- a pack closing station;
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- an output station,
- wherein the transfer station includes a transfer device comprising
- a frame that is vertically moveable and horizontally pivotable;
- first and second mounting elements mounted side by side on the frame, wherein each of the first and second mounting elements include at least one mounting plate on which a plurality of suction lifting elements that are connectable to a suction device are mounted,
- wherein the plurality of suction lifting elements of the first and second mounting elements are mounted on the respective mounting plate in a plane of the mounting plate so that the plurality of suction lifting elements are motor-driven or hydraulically displaceable between a suction position and a delivery position,
- wherein the first and second mounting elements are pivotably mounted on the frame so that the first and second mounting elements are pivotable about a respective rotary axis relative to the frame, wherein the respective rotary axis is aligned perpendicularly to the mounting element,
- wherein the respective mounting plates each have a longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axis of the respective mounting plates runs along a longest dimension of the respective mounting plate, and
- wherein, in the delivery position and depending on a configuration of eggs relative to each other in the egg packs, the first and second mounting elements and respective mounting plates are selectively configured in one of a first position in which the longitudinal axis of the respective mounting plates are parallel relative to each other and a second position in which the longitudinal axis of the respective mounting plates are non-perpendicular and not parallel relative to each other.
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