Underwater bin-filling plant
OwnerFelice Compagnoniinventor
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Abstract
The plant, which is used in the working of fruits such as applies and similar, collects the fruits (9) from water conveyor channels (6), and inserts them below a bell (3), from which the fruit will successively be transferred, by force of gravity, inside container bins (1); the bell (3), apart from being capable of axial movement, is capable also of translation movement which allows it to be positioned over various transport channels, with which a plant is usually equipped; the bell (3) further comprises an aspiration pump (10) which creates a vacuum inside it, so as to favor the accumulation of fruit inside the bell (3).
Claims3
An underwater bin-filling for filling bins with fruit comprising:
- a plurality of conveyor channels to transport the fruit into one or more collection zones;
- at least one bell, arranged above a water well, the at least one bell having an open end parallel to a free water surface of the water in the water well;
- the at least one bell having means for moving the at least one bell axially, said means for moving being a means for positioning the open end of said at least one bell, according to various operative phases of the plant, below or above the free water surface of the water well;
- means for collecting and transporting the fruit from the one or more collection zones for inserting the fruit under the at least one bell, when the open end of the at least one bell is below the free surface of the water;
- wherein,
- the water well is arranged perpendicularly to the conveyor channels and adjacent to the one or more collection zones;
- at least one zone for loading empty bins and for unloading full bins on the water well, loading and unloading conveyors, respectively, for the empty and full bins positioned by sides of the at least one zone for loading and unloading, the loading and unloading conveyors having loading and unloading planes that are at a higher level than the free water surface level;
- lifting means arranged in the at least one zone for loading and unloading for moving said empty bins from a position above the free surface of the water to a position below the free surface of the water;
- pushing means arranged for pushing each empty bin on to said lifting means;
- and the at least one bell is equipped with a means for moving the at least one bell along the water well and for positioning the at least one bell, on command, in one of said one or more collection zones or in the at least one zone for loading and unloading.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.