Apparatus and method for conveying sausages
First Claim
1. An apparatus for conveying sausages from a sausage stuffing machine to a packing unit, comprising:
- a deflecting device disposed at a conveyor belt, with which deflecting device said sausages, that are conveyed in a lengthwise direction thereof from said sausage stuffing machine to said conveyor belt, are aligned in a position transverse to said conveyor belt;
a loading station comprising a vertically adjustable lifting member and coordinated containers that are arranged above said lifting member and into which said sausages are introduced in at least a single layer via said lifting member that penetrates said conveyor belt;
a storage unit for transporting said loaded and unloaded containers; and
an unloading station which receives said loaded containers via said storage unit and unloads said sausages from said containers onto receiving means of said packing unit.
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Abstract
An apparatus for conveying sausages from a sausage stuffing machine to a packing unit comprises a deflecting device, with which the sausages are alinged in a defined position on a conveyor belt; a loading station comprising a lifting member and coordinated containers that are arranged above said lifting member and into which the sausages are introduced via the lifting member that penetrates the conveyor belt; a storage unit for transporting said loaded and unloaded containers; and an unloading station which receives the loaded containers via the storage unit and unloads the sausages from the containers synchronously to a working cycle of the packing unit. With the apparatus, sausages portioned and twisted off by a sausage stuffing machine may be introduced into packing containers of a packing unit in an automated manner without personnel touching the sausages.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus for conveying sausages from a sausage stuffing machine to a packing unit, comprising:
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a deflecting device disposed at a conveyor belt, with which deflecting device said sausages, that are conveyed in a lengthwise direction thereof from said sausage stuffing machine to said conveyor belt, are aligned in a position transverse to said conveyor belt; a loading station comprising a vertically adjustable lifting member and coordinated containers that are arranged above said lifting member and into which said sausages are introduced in at least a single layer via said lifting member that penetrates said conveyor belt; a storage unit for transporting said loaded and unloaded containers; and an unloading station which receives said loaded containers via said storage unit and unloads said sausages from said containers onto receiving means of said packing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for conveying sausages from a sausage stuffing machine to a packing unit comprising the steps of:
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aligning said sausages, that are conveyed in a lengthwise direction thereof from said sausage stuffing machine to said conveyor belt, in a defined position on said conveyor belt with a deflecting device; collecting said sausages at a loading station at said conveyor belt and forming at least a single layer; introducing said sausages via a lifting member, that penetrates said conveyor belt and is vertically adjustable, into one of a plurality of containers that are disposed above said lifting member; transporting said one container via a storage unit to an unloading station; and unloading said sausages from said one container at said unloading station in correspondence to a working cycle of said packing unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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