Transporting device for food products
AssigneeTownsend Engineering Company
InventorsWilhelmus Johannes Everardus Maria Van De Dungen, Gerardus Frederikus Jozef Leenen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a transporting device for transporting food products to be processed. The transporting device includes at least one advancing element for advancing carriers of food products for processing that are fixed to the advancing element along a route extending through a processing space and a guide for guiding the carriers along at least a part of the route. The device may also include a carrier having mesh arranged on its side that extends traversely in the direction of movement and having guide elements. The device may further include two transporting devices for transporting food products for processing and a collective transfer device for coupling the two transporting devices together.
Claims25
Transporting device for transporting food products to be subjected to a process, comprising:
- a. at least one advancing element located along a route extending through a first processing station;
- b. at least one carrier for the food products fixed to the advancing element, wherein the carrier comprises mesh for supporting the food products;
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- c. primary guide means for guiding the carriers along at least a part of the route.
Transporting device for transporting food products to be subjected to a process, comprising:
- a. at least one advancing element located along a route extending through a first processing station;
- b. at least one carrier for the food products fixed to the advancing element;
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- c. primary guide means for guiding the carriers along at least a part of the route, wherein the route extends through at least a second processing station, the first and second processing stations being connected by a tunnel, the length of the tunnel being at least as long as the maximum distance between two carriers fixed to the advancing element, and the width of the tunnel being less than 1.5 times the width of the carriers.
Transporting device for transporting food products to be subjected to a process, comprising:
- a. at least one advancing element located along a route extending through a first processing station;
- b. at least one carrier for the food products fixed to the advancing element;
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- c. primary guide means for guiding the carriers along at least a part of the route, wherein the primary guide means comprises guide elements located on the carrier and guide supports, wherein the guide elements guide the carrier into a position determined by the guide supports.
Composite transporting apparatus comprising a first and a second transporting device for transporting food products for processing, wherein the transporting devices are coupled by a transfer device and each transporting device comprises:
- a. at least one advancing element located along a route extending through a first processing station;
- b. at least one carrier for the food products fixed to the advancing element;
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- c. primary guide means for guiding the carriers along at least a part of the route;
- wherein the transfer device is located at a junction where the routes of the transporting devices converge along a parallel path and the guide means position the carriers along the parallel path so that the content of the carrier of the first transporting device is transferred to the carrier of the second transporting device.
Composite transporting apparatus comprising a first and a second transporting device for transporting food products for processing, wherein the transporting devices are coupled by a transfer device and each transporting device comprises:
- a. at least one advancing element located along a route extending through a first processing station;
- b. at least one carrier for the food products fixed to the advancing element;
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- c. primary guide means for guiding the carriers along at least a part of the route;
- wherein a first transfer device transfers the food products from the first transporting device to the second transporting device, and a second transfer device transfers the food products from the second transporting device to the first transporting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.