Device and method for singulating from a holder with liquid and/or individualizing of fruits
AssigneeDe Greef's Wagen-, Carrosserie- en Machinebouw B.V.
InventorsMarinus de Vos, Jan Marinus van Arkel
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Abstract
The present invention provides a device and method for singulating from a holder with liquid and/or individualizing of products, such as fruits, wherein the device comprises: a discharge conveyor extending above the liquid level in the holder for discharging the products in rows; and a feed conveyor of V-shaped cross-section, the discharge end of which connects onto a front end of the discharge conveyor and which extends at an inclination from this front end to below the liquid level in the liquid holder.
Claims12
A device adapted for separating products from a plurality of products placed within a holder with a liquid in which the products are held, said device comprising
- a discharge conveyor extending above the liquid level of the holder and adapted for discharging the products in rows therefrom;
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- a feed conveyor having at least partially V-shaped arms extending transvexels therefrom and having a discharge end which connects onto a front end of the discharge conveyor, the feed conveyor extending at a declination from the front end of the discharge conveyor to below the liquid level in the liquid holder and the V-shaped arms thereof receiving the products therebetween for moving the products in a coherent fashion toward the discharge conveyor.
A method of separating products from a holder with a liquid in which a plurality of products is held, said method comprising:
- positioning a feed conveyor at an inclined angle with respect to the liquid level in the holder so that a first end of the feed conveyor is received within the holder and below the liquid level therein and a discharge end of the feed conveyor is positioned above the liquid level;
- moving the products with a pair of V-shaped arms adapted to engage the products and move them toward the discharge end of the feed conveyor;
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- passing the products from the discharge end of the feed conveyor onto a discharge conveyor spaced above the liquid level of the holder.
A device adapted to separate products from a holder with a liquid in which the plurality of products is held, said device comprising:
- an elongate feed conveyor positioned at an angle with respect to the liquid level in the holder, a first end of the feed conveyor being received within the holder and below the liquid level therein and a discharge end of the feed conveyor being positioned above the liquid level, the feed conveyor having a pair of V-shaped arms sized and shaped to engage the products and for carrying the products therein toward the discharge end thereof;
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- a discharge conveyor spaced above the liquid level of the holder for conveying the products passed from the feed conveyor, the discharge conveyor having a first end positioned with respect to the discharge end of the feed conveyor for receiving the products thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.