Packing machine for fish
AssigneeChr. Bjelland & Co. A/S
InventorOdd Danielsen
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Abstract
An improvement on a packing machine for packing whole fish in tins, especially brisling, young herring, sardines or the like. The machine has a chain- or belt-conveyor with holders for each individual fish and a feed device, carrying fish which have been given a uniform orientation in respective supply means positioned on both sides of the conveyor. The holders on the chain or belt conveyor are arranged such that they can be lowered flush with or below the transport plane of the conveyor, such that a plurality of fish lie freely movable at the end section of the packing machine. A transfer conveyor overlaps said first conveyor and moves at a lower linear velocity than said first conveyor. Means are arranged at the transfer conveyor for pushing the fish together.
Claims9
A packing machine for packing whole fish in tins, especially brisling, young herring, sardines or the like, comprising a first conveyor having a receiving position and a discharge position and carrying a plurality of holders spaced apart therealong for receiving respective fish and holding said fish in a uniform orientation with respect to the transport direction of the first conveyor as they are conveyed to the discharge position, means defining a packing station at which groups of fish are placed in respective tins, a second conveyor for receiving fish successively from the discharge position of the first conveyor and transferring the fish to the packing station, drive means for driving the first conveyor and for driving the second conveyor at a lower speed than the first conveyor whereby the fish received successively by the second conveyor from the discharge position of the first conveyor are positioned closer together on the second conveyor than they were on the first conveyor, and pusher means for pushing a plurality of fish together on the second conveyor whereby the fish are delivered in groups to the packing station.
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