Overlapping apparatus
AssigneeTextor Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorsJosef Mayer, Wilfried Maier, Jörg Schmeiser
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, having at least one overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor having at least two tracks, wherein an upper track and a lower track are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels.
Claims27
An apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product,
- comprising at least one overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor having at least two tracks, the belt conveyor comprising a plurality of conveyor belts extending next to and spaced apart from one another to form each of the at least two tracks,
- wherein an upper track and a lower track of the belt conveyor are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels, the two output axles comprising a first output axle and a second output axle, the upper track extending continuously between the common input axle and the first output axle, the lower track extending between the common input axle and the second output axle.
An apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product,
- comprising at least one overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor having at least two tracks,
- wherein an upper track and a lower track of the belt conveyor are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels,
- wherein a common drive is associated with the upper and lower tracks, the common input axle of the upper and lower tracks being driveable with the common drive.
An overlapping unit for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, having a belt conveyor comprising at least two tracks,
- wherein an upper track and a lower track of the belt conveyor are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels;
- wherein the overlapping unit is configured as a cassette, namely as a module which is coupled in operation to a rack, which can be removed and can be reinserted as a whole and which comprises a base for coupling to the rack and comprises the belt conveyor supported by the base.
An apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor having at least two tracks;
- wherein an upper track and a lower track of the belt conveyor are deflected at the incoming side about a common input axle and at the outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels;
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- an intermediate deflection unit for the upper track that is arranged between the common input axle and the respective output axle.
A method for forming total portions which each comprise at least two laterally overlapping portions which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, the method comprising the steps of:
- supplying the two portions in tracks disposed next to one another to an overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor associated with the two tracks one of which is an upper track leading to an upper height level and the other of which is a lower track leading to a lower height level;
- conveying an upper portion by means of the upper track above a lower portion conveyed by means of the lower track, the belt conveyor comprising a plurality of conveyor belts extending next to and spaced apart from one another to form each of the at least two tracks;
- deflecting the upper track and the lower track at an incoming side about a common input axle and at an outgoing side about two output axles disposed at different height levels, the two output axles comprising a first output axle and a second output axle, the upper track extending continuously between the common input axle and the first output axle, the lower track extending between the common input axle and the second output axle;
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- subsequently placing the upper portion onto the lower portion, wherein the upper track and the lower track are disposed at different height levels next to one another at the incoming side and laterally overlapping at the outgoing side.
A method for forming total portions which each comprise at least two laterally overlapping portions which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, the method comprising the steps of:
- supplying the two portions in tracks disposed next to one another to an overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor associated with the two tracks one of which is an upper track leading to an upper height level and the other of which is a lower track leading to a lower height level;
- conveying an upper portion by means of the upper track above a lower portion conveyed by means of the lower track;
- driving a common input axle of the upper and lower tracks with a common drive associated with the upper and lower tracks;
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- subsequently placing the upper portion onto the lower portion, wherein the upper track and the lower track are disposed at different height levels next to one another at the incoming side and laterally overlapping at the outgoing side.
A method for forming total portions which each comprise at least two laterally overlapping portions which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product, the method comprising the steps of:
- supplying the two portions in tracks disposed next to one another to an overlapping unit which comprises a belt conveyor associated with the two tracks one of which is an upper track leading to an upper height level and the other of which is a lower track leading to a lower height level;
- conveying an upper portion by means of the upper track above a lower portion conveyed by means of the lower track;
- varying a direction of the upper track with an intermediate deflection unit that is arranged between a common input axle and an output axle;
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- subsequently placing the upper portion onto the lower portion, wherein the upper track and the lower track are disposed at different height levels next to one another at the incoming side and laterally overlapping at the outgoing side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.