Device for arranging hen's eggs in erect postures

• US 4,366,896 A
• Filed: 12/11/1980
• Issued: 01/04/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hiroshi Tomosue
• Original Assignee: Hiroshi Tomosue
• Inventors: Tomosue, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bond, Brian
• Application Number:
  US06/215,383
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 198/728, 198/836, 198/416, 198/394, 198/384, 198/688, 198/698, 198/699, 53/434
• US Class Current: 198/384
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 23/06 Arranging, feeding, or orientating the eggs to be packed; Removing eggs from trays or cartons
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 19/02 for articles, e.g. for containers

Abstract

A device for arranging hen'"'"'s eggs in erect postures keeping their acute-curved ends below, which comprises; a plurality of passages which slope downward and through which the eggs are moved downwardly slantwise while being kept in longitudinal postures respectively; an endless driven member having a number of crossbars disposed in series at regular intervals, the crossbars keeping the eggs one by one and moving them downwardly within the passages respectively; a plurality of holders to prevent rotation of each egg; and a plurality of U-like shape groved members so that the eggs are turned to be directed vertically.

Claims

1. A device for arranging hen'"'"'s eggs in erect postures, said device comprising,

(a) a plurality of passages for said eggs, which are sloped downwardly at an acute angle so that said eggs can readily slide down along said passages keeping their lengthwise postures,

(b) an endless driven member being provided with a number of crossbars arranged in series and for slowly downwardly moving said eggs one by one within said passages,

(c) holders extending along the upper side of each of said passages and substantially throughout lengths thereof so as to lightly hold said eggs which are moving downward, thereby preventing said eggs from rotating in their longitudinal postures, and

(d) U-like shape grooved members which are connected with the terminuses of said passages and inscribed at the front surfaces substantially in the path of said crossbars at the turn-back point of said endless driven member so that said eggs sliding down along the slope of each of said passages are turned to the vertical direction.

2. A device for arranging hen'"'"'s eggs in erect postures according to claim 1, wherein said holders are constructed to contact with said eggs through weak elasticity.

3. A device for arranging hen'"'"'s eggs in erect postures according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said holders are formed at the ends thereof to be able to upwardly bend or curve.

4. A device for arranging hen'"'"'s eggs in erect postures according to claim 1, wherein said U-like shape grooved members comprise U-like shape grooves provided circumferentially of a rotary member and said grooves have side walls, said side walls being formed to rotate in condition of partially projecting from the path of each of said crossbars at the lower end turn-back point of said endless driven member.

5. A device for arranging hen'"'"'s eggs in erect postures according to claim 1 or 4, wherein said side wall of each of said U-like shape grooves at said U-like shape grooved members is formed of an elastic member at at least the projecting portion from the path of said crossbars.