Apparatus for sorting spherical products according to weight
OwnerAdrianus W. Tasinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for sorting spherical products, comprising an endless conveyor equipped with bearing rollers (2), with a product lifting element (10) arranged between each pair of successive bearing rollers (2), this product lifting element (10) being capable of assuming a first, lowermost position wherein the product (16) is clear of the lifting element (10) and rests on the bearing rollers (2), while in a second, higher position the product (16) is clear of the bearing rollers (2) and rests on the lifting element (10) to be subjected to another operation, for instance a weighing step or another physical evaluation.
Claims7
In an apparatus for conveying and weighing spherical products in preparation for sorting the products by weight, and having an endless conveyor driveable by at least one drive chain for conveying the products in an individually supported manner, and a weighing means in a path of movement of the conveyor for weighing each individual product, the improvement comprising a roller conveyor having bearing rollers connected to the drive chain by means of a roller carrying element and a product lifting element arranged between each pair of successive bearing rollers and mounted on a corresponding roller carrying element by means of a rod parallelogram, said product lifting element being moveable from a first, lowermost position wherein the product is clear of the lifting element and rests on two adjacent bearing rollers to at least a second, higher position wherein the product is clear of the bearing rollers and rests on the lifting element, such that when the lifting element is in said second position the product is weighable by said weighing means.
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