Feeding device
AssigneeFeltracon B.V.
InventorJan van Felius
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Abstract
The disclosure concerns a feeding device for throwing long and possibly irregular shaped agricultural products such as carrots in moving adjacent slots wherein the feeding device comprises a rotating ring that can transport the products in a circular aligned path at the ring speed. In accordance with the invention the feeding device comprises a first set of feeder belts that can grip the product from the rotating ring while moving the product at a first speed and a second set of feeder belts can grip the product from between the first set of feeder belts and throw the product at a second speed in a slot, wherein the first speed is higher than the ring speed and the second speed is higher than the first speed.
Claims25
A feeding device for throwing long and/or irregular shaped agricultural products in adjacent slots moving in a transport direction that is perpendicular to the length of the agricultural product, wherein the feeding device comprises:
- a rotating ring that is configured to transport the products in a circular aligned path at a ring speed,
- a first set of feeder belts located adjacent to or adjacent to and above the rotating ring, and
- wherein the first set of feeder belts is configured to grip the product from the rotating ring while moving the product at a first speed, and
- a second set of feeder belts is configured to grip the product and pull it from between the first set of feeder belts and throw the product at a second speed in the slot,
- wherein the first and second sets of feeder belts are aligned perpendicular to the transport direction and wherein the first speed is higher than the ring speed and the second speed is higher than the first speed.
A cutting device for cutting long shaped products perpendicular to their longitudinal axis comprising:
- a table,
- a push bar for pushing the product in a straight path in a transport direction over the table,
- a drive for moving the push bar in the transport direction, and
- a rotating knife with a first rotation axis perpendicular to the transport direction,
- wherein the push bar passes in a straight and/or uninterrupted path under the rotating knife and cams partly extending above the table together with supports on the push bar on both sides of the rotating knife push the product towards and/or against the rotating knife.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.