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US 2021/0059221 A1Published application
Conveying system for shock-sensitive items, in particular eggs
AssigneeValli S.P.A.
InventorFausto Martoni
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AssigneeValli S.P.A.
InventorFausto Martoni
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A conveying system for shock-sensitive items, in particular eggs, comprises a plurality of conveying devices in which the items are transferred from one conveying device to another. More particularly, the items are transferred from a conveying device oriented in a substantially horizontal direction to an adjacent conveying device oriented in a substantially vertical direction, without the risk of being damaged. The advancing movement of the conveying device having a substantially horizontal orientation is not movement at constant speed but, on the contrary, it is a movement at variable speed, sometimes accelerated and sometimes decelerated, and the transfer of the conveyed item from the conveying device to the conveying device having a substantially vertical orientation takes place when the advancement speed of the conveying device having a substantially horizontal orientation is at its minimum value.
A conveying system for shock-sensitive items, in particular eggs, of the kind comprising at least one first conveying device, having a substantially horizontal orientation, and a second conveying device, having at least a first, upwardly moving section which has a substantially vertical orientation and along which the items are advanced in an upward direction, wherein the second conveying device comprises a plurality of seats intended to receive the items, wherein the second conveying device is arranged so that the upwardly moving section faces an end of the first conveying device and is aligned with the first conveying device, whereby the items can be transferred from the first conveying device to the seats of the second conveying device, wherein the second conveying device advances at constant speed and the first conveying device advances at a variable speed, which alternately increases from a minimum value to a maximum value and decreases from the maximum value to the minimum value.
A method for transferring shock-sensitive items, in particular eggs, from a first conveying device, having a substantially horizontal orientation, to a second conveying device, having at least a first, upwardly moving section which has a substantially vertical orientation and along which the items are advanced in an upward direction, wherein the second conveying device comprises a plurality of seats intended to receive the items, wherein the second conveying device is arranged so that the upwardly moving section faces an end of the first conveying device and is aligned with the first conveying device, wherein the second conveying device is advanced at constant speed and the first conveying device is advanced at a variable speed, which alternately increases from a minimum value to a maximum value and decreases from the maximum value to the minimum value, and wherein the items are transferred from the first conveying device to the seats of the second conveying device when the advancing speed of the first conveying device is at its minimum value.
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