Automatic device allowing for a high output in the discharging of objects from a vibrating table to an on-line conveyor

Abstract

The present invention provides an automatic device for discharging, from a vibrating table to an on-line conveyor, continuously arriving flat-bottomed objects, which device operates in cycles and each of the cycles of which includes the following stages: said objects are accommodated in a ditch contiguous with the forward edge of said vibrating table (1) so as to form a row; said row of objects is pushed by a pusher (11), the initial speed of which is zero, towards a smooth surface (12) extending in a transverse direction in relation to the vibrating table (1) in the continuation of the ditch (4); said objects arrive on a conveyor belt (13) located in the continuation of the smooth surface (12); and, while the pusher (11) discharges said row and then returns to its initial position, a fresh row of objects gradually forms in the ditch (4).

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