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AssigneeNederlande Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
InventorsAndreas Gerardus Vis, Johannes Valk, Leendert Ploeg
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The present invention is directed to an orientation mechanism for orienting objects having a bigger convex portion and a smaller projecting portion, such as mushrooms, pears, onions, flower bulbs and the like. The mechanism is provided with an endless conveying member having a plurality of hourglass-shaped rollers arranged transversely of the conveying direction. The rollers are rotatable and spaced apart a specific distance from one another. Tilting belts and upright elements are also located parallel to the conveying member such that the convex portion of the convex portion of the objects to be oriented will be prevented from coming between the rollers. Separate rope carriers are presented parallel to the conveying member for supporting the objects.
An orientation mechanism for orienting objects whose surface comprises at least a bigger convex portion and at least a smaller projecting or bulging portion, provided with an endless conveyer member, comprising a number of conveying elements formed by drivable hourglass-shaped rollers, which are located adjacent each other and arranged transversely to the conveying direction, the rollers being spaced apart a specific distance one behind the other, such that the convex portion of objects to be oriented will be prevented from coming between the rollers, wherein the rollers are drivable such that a carrying surface thereof is movable in the conveying direction, while further, separate carriers are present suitable for supporting oriented objects, which carriers at least extend and are movable in the conveying direction.
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