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US 12,465,054 B2Granted
System for conveying pasta
AssigneeBuhler AG
InventorsPatrick Rohrer, Mirjam Hugentobler, Simon Kast
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AssigneeBuhler AG
InventorsPatrick Rohrer, Mirjam Hugentobler, Simon Kast
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The present invention is related to a conveyor system (1) for a plant for producing elongated pasta, for example spaghetti, with a transfer unit (3) for transferring conveyor elements (4) from a first conveyor unit (2a) to a second conveyor unit (2b), the transfer unit (3) comprising a rotatably mounted cam element (3a) with a gripping device (3b) and a fixedly arranged guide element (3c) with an approximately circular-segment-shaped surface section (3d), which are arranged relative to each other in such a way that a conveyor element (4) taken over by the gripping means (3b) of the cam element (3a) from the first conveyor unit (2a) can be moved by rotation of the cam element (3a) along the approximately circular-segment-shaped surface portion (3d) of the guide element (3c) to a position where the conveyor element (4) can be taken over by the second conveyor unit (2b). The present invention further relates to a plant (A) for the production of elongated pasta and to a method for conveying elongated pasta.
A conveying system for a plant for producing elongated pasta, the conveying system comprising a first conveyor unit and a second conveyor unit as well as a transfer unit for transferring conveyor elements from the first conveyor unit to the second conveyor unit, wherein the transfer unit comprises a first and a second rotatably mounted cam element, each with a gripping device, and a first and a second fixedly arranged guide element, each guide element having a surface section, wherein the first cam element and the first guide element are arranged relative to each other in such a way that a conveyor element taken over by the gripping device of the first cam element from the first conveyor unit can be moved by rotation of the first cam element along the surface section of the first guide element to a position where the conveyor element can be taken over by the second conveyor unit which is assigned to the first cam element, and the second cam element and the second guide element are arranged relative to each other in such a way that the conveyor element taken over by the gripping device of the second cam element from the first conveyor unit can be moved by rotation of the second cam element along the surface section of the second guide element to a position where the conveyor element can be taken over by an additional second conveyor unit which is assigned to the second cam element, and wherein the first and second cam elements as well as the first and second guide elements are arranged axially symmetrically around an axis through the first conveyor unit.
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