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AssigneeFPS Food Processing Systems B.V.
InventorsMartin Doornekamp, Willem Van Veldhuisen, Willem Marius De Greef
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An apparatus for transferring eggs from a first roller conveyor (1) to a second conveyor (2), with an orienting operation taking place during the transfer, so that the eggs on the second conveyor (2) are all oriented with their points to one side, the rollers (3) of the first roller conveyor being substantially hourglass-shaped and comprising a roller center part (3a) which is substantially cylindrical, the apparatus comprising pre-orienting devices (4) for bringing the eggs on the first roller conveyor (1) into a pre-oriented position (A), the apparatus being provided with a transfer conveyor (5) having grippers (6) which are each adapted to pick up an egg from the pre-oriented position (A), the grippers (6) being adapted to bring the eggs into an aligned position (C) and to transfer the eggs from the aligned position (C) to the second conveyor (2).
An apparatus for transferring eggs from a first moving roller conveyor to a second moving roller conveyor, with an orienting operation taking place during the transfer, so that the eggs on the second conveyor are all oriented with their points to one side, the rollers of the first roller conveyor being substantially hourglass-shaped and comprising a roller center part which is substantially cylindrical, the apparatus comprising:
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