Configurable assembly for conveying products, in particular sliced food products
AssigneeElcat, Inc.
InventorMauro Testa
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Abstract
A configurable assembly is provided for conveying products along a longitudinal direction; the assembly has a supporting structure and at least two conveyor units; at least one of said units is provided with at least two tracks which receive, in use, respective products and diverge from or converge towards each other along a lateral direction, proceeding longitudinally from an inlet to an outlet; the units are movable with respect to the supporting structure by the action of an actuator device between a working area and at least one storage area, so as to selectively arrange one of said units in the working area.
Claims10
A configurable assembly for conveying products along a longitudinal direction, the assembly comprising:
- a supporting structure, and
- at least two conveyor units for transferring products along said longitudinal direction;
- at least one of said conveyor units comprising an inlet, an outlet, and at least two tracks that, at said inlet, are arranged side-by-side along a lateral direction, horizontal and orthogonal to said longitudinal direction, so as to receive respective products;
- and
- wherein said tracks move towards or farther away from one another along said lateral direction, proceeding from said inlet towards said outlet;
- characterised in that the assembly comprises an actuator device, and in that each of said conveyor units is movable with respect to said supporting structure, by the action of said actuator device, between
- a) a working area, through which said products, in use, are longitudinally transferred, and
- b) at least one storage area spaced from said working area, such as to selectively arrange one of said units in said working area.
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