Method and apparatus for grading and further processing eggs
AssigneeStaalkat B.V.
InventorJelle van der Schoot
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for weight grading and further processing eggs. After being weighed, the eggs are supplied to a conveyor for the transportation of the weighed eggs to a plurality of buffers, such as belts arranged in a refrigerated space, each said buffer being adapted to receive eggs of a given weight class, and from which the eggs can be discharged in the unpacked state when needed.
Claims7
A method of weight grading and further processing unpackaged eggs comprising supplying eggs to a weighing station, weighing a plurality of eggs simultaneously at the weighing station to determine the weight class to which each egg belongs, transferring the weighed eggs from the weighing station to a conveyor which transports and discharges the eggs in unpackaged condition, according to their weight class, to a plurality of storage belts, each belt receiving eggs of a given weight class, storing the unpackaged eggs on the storage belts, and subsequently discharging eggs of a given weight class from the respective belt, on demand, to a packaging machine.
Apparatus for weight grading and further processing unpackaged eggs comprising an egg supplying belt, an accumulation belt for receiving the eggs from the supplying belt, a weighing device for receiving the eggs from the accumulation belt and for weighing a plurality of eggs simultaneously to determine the weight class to which each egg belongs, a looped elevator conveyor having a plurality of egg holders each of which is adapted to receive one egg from the weighing device, a plurality of storage belts each designated to receive eggs of a given weight class, and means for discharging each egg from its holder to one of said storage belts in accordance with the weight class of that egg, and means for selectively discharging eggs from each storage belt to a packaging machine.
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