Device for discharging mushrooms from a conveyor

A device for discharging mushrooms from a conveyor, comprising:

• a mushroom conveyor, comprising a conveyor belt and/or an endless conveyor, for conveying the mushrooms in a direction of conveyance;
• wherein
• the mushroom conveyor has a surface for carrying the mushrooms;
• and
• the mushroom conveyor being guided along a trajectory from a charging location including a picking location to a discharging location including a filling station for mushroom containers;
• a twister, located at the discharging location, for at least locally twisting a plane in which the surface of the mushroom conveyor lies, such that the mushrooms are discharged at a side of the conveyor, wherein the side is next to the conveyor, that is, in a direction perpendicular to the direction of conveyance;
• the twister comprises a ramp for guiding the mushroom conveyor, wherein the ramp extends over a full width of the mushroom conveyor;
• the mushroom conveyor has holes for mushroom stipes, at a regular distance from each other in the direction of conveyance;
• wherein the ramp has a different height at the area where it supports the part of the mushroom conveyor that comprises the holes;
• and wherein:
• the twister comprises:
• a pusher conveyor belt which is positioned under the surface of the mushroom conveyor belt, for pushing the mushroom stipes through the holes of the mushroom conveyor at the discharging location;
• or
• an alternative pusher, including a pushing mushrooms out of the holes with air pressure.