Flighted conveyor insert for robotic picking of food products and flighted conveyor having the insert
AssigneeF.R. Drake Company
InventorsMaksim Kirichun, Miguel Negre, Andre G Richards
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a flighted conveyor insert for robotic picking of food products and a flighted conveyor having the same. In one forth, an insert for a flighted conveyor, such as a bucket chain, defines a forward edge configured for insertion through an aperture of a flight of the flighted conveyor such that when the insert is attached to the flight, the forward edge is positioned on a first side of the flight; and a rear edge configured such that when the insert is attached to the flight, the rear edge is positioned on a second side of the flight that is oppose to the first side of the flight.
Claims10
An insert for a flighted conveyor, the insert defining:
- a forward edge configured for insertion through an aperture of a flight of the flighted conveyor such that when the insert is attached to the flight, the forward edge is positioned on a first side of the flight;
- a rear edge configured such that when the insert is attached to the flight, the rear edge is positioned on a second side of the flight that is opposite to the first side of the flight;
- a first clip positioned at a first side of the insert;
- and
- a second clip positioned at a second side of the insert that is opposite to the first side;
- wherein the first and second clips are configured to snap fit to the flight and attach the insert to the flight of the flighted conveyor.
A flighted conveyor comprising:
- a plurality of flights, the flights of the plurality of flights spaced apart from each other along the flighted conveyor;
- a plurality of inserts, each insert attached to a flight of the plurality of flights, where each insert comprises:
- a forward edge configured for insertion through an aperture of a flight such that when the insert is attached to the flight, the forward edge is positioned on a first side of the flight;
- and
- a rear edge configured such that when the insert is attached to the flight, the rear edge is positioned on a second side of the flight that is opposite to the first side of the flight,
- wherein between a first flight and a second flight of the plurality of flights that are adjacent to each other, a forward edge of an insert attached to the first flight and a rear edge of an insert attached to the second flight are positioned to substantially center a cylindrical product positioned between the first and second flights.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.