Apparatus and method of conveying and ejecting separated food portions
AssigneeVEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorsUwe Flammann, Simon Stubbe, Harald Wagner, Gaylord Blume
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Abstract
An ejector device is provided for food portions, and in particular for sausages. A food portion in a conveying area between two conveyor belts is engaged in a conveying mode and can be conveyed in the conveying direction. It is proposed that the ejector device has at least one adjustment mechanism for ejecting a food portion in an ejection area, which is so designed that the distance of the conveyor belts from each other in the conveying area can be partially varied. A method of ejecting food portions is also provided, in which it is proposed that the food portions be taken out of engagement with the conveyor belts as described above.
Claims14
An ejector device for food portions, comprising:
- two circulating and spaced-apart conveyor belts which can be driven by at least one drive element and which form a belt pair and have:
- a conveying area which in operation is moved in a conveying direction, and
- a return area,
- wherein a food portion in the conveying area between the two conveyor belts is engaged by the two conveyor belts in a conveying mode and can be conveyed in the conveying direction, and
- wherein the ejector device has at least one adjustment mechanism for ejecting a food portion in an ejection area and which is so designed that a distance of the conveyor belts from each other in the conveying area can be varied at least partially in such a way that (at least) one food portion is engaged by the conveyor belts in the conveying mode and said distance is increased in an ejection mode in such a way that a food portion is taken out of engagement with the conveyor belts in such a way that the food portion can be ejected.
A method of ejecting food portions, comprising:
- engaging the food portions by parallel conveyor belts, such that the food portions can be conveyed in a preferably defined position in a particular conveying direction, and
- changing a distance between the parallel conveyor belts in sections or at least partially in such a way the food portions are no longer engaged by the conveyor belts and can be ejected from the conveying area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.