Transport device with twistable conveyor belt and method of use
AssigneeMarel Townsend Further Processing B.V.
InventorsSigebertus Johannes Jacobus Jozef Meggelaars, Leon Marie Francois Spierts, Wilhelmus Josephus Gerardus Maria Jilesen, Bart Henricus Jozef Verberk, Dirk Meskendahl
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Abstract
The invention relates to a transport device (1) for carrying products with a displaceable carrying surface, comprising: a conveyor belt (3), a frame (2) provided with a belt guide (5-10) for holding the conveyor belt (3) displaceably, and a drive (4) for displacing the conveyor belt (3), wherein the belt guide (5-10) of the frame (2) is adjustable. The invention also relates to a method for allowing a conveyor belt (3) to connect to other devices.
Claims13
Food processing transport device for carrying food products with a displaceable carrying surface, comprising:
- a conveyor belt,
- a frame provided with a belt guide for holding the conveyor belt displaceably, and
- a drive for displacing the conveyor belt,
- wherein at least a portion of the frame deforms such that the conveyor belt is twistable,
- wherein the belt guide is adjustable at an end position of the conveyor belt such that an angle enclosed with the horizontal by a line through the conveyor belt perpendicularly of the transport direction can be adjusted, and
- the belt guide is adjustable at an end position of the conveyor belt such that the distance to the ground of a line through a center of the conveyor belt perpendicularly of the transport direction can be changed.
Method for allowing a food processing conveyor belt to connect to other devices, comprising the processing steps of:
- A) adjusting the height of an end position of a center of the conveyor belt relative to the ground, and
- B) adjusting the orientation of an end position of the conveyor belt relative to the ground by deforming at least a part of a frame such that the angle enclosed with the ground by a line at the end position of the conveyor belt perpendicularly of the transport direction changes, wherein the conveyor belt twists.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.