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AssigneeLubing Maschinenfabrik Ludwig Bening GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMarkus Von der Assen, Rudi Fick
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A method for cleaning a conveyor for agricultural products, such as eggs, and a conveyor for agricultural products, in which contaminants that adhere firmly to the conveyor are removed by the use of an ultrasonic cleaning bath into which a section of the conveyor is dipped with the aid of a deflecting unit. During the normal revolution of the conveyor chain, cleaning of the conveyor chain is carried out even during running operation of the conveying system by means of ultrasound and suitable cleaning agent. A conveyor chain having a multiplicity of rods that are connected to one another via chain links is transported in individual conveying segments of the conveyor. Lying on the conveyor chain, the agricultural products are transported. Deposits of contaminants onto the conveyor unavoidably occur during operation, such as, in particular, as a result of litter or feathers.
A conveyor for agricultural products, in particular eggs, having at least one movable closed and/or circulating conveying member, in the form of a conveyor belt or a conveyor chain (14) for conveying the agricultural products, and a deflecting unit, the conveying member comprising an articulated section, whereby the articulated section of the conveying member is lowered by the deflecting unit in order to insert the section of the conveying member into an ultrasonic cleaning bath (30) in such a way that the entire conveying member is cleaned during a complete revolution.
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