DE2147783

An apparatus for containing a bulk supply of fruit and arranged for feeding fruit one at a time onto a conveyor from the bulk supply using a liquid to support and carry the fruit onto the conveyor and more particularly characterized in the use of a pair of tanks, one tank being employed to support t...

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Hauptverfasser: SINGLETON, ROBERT JENE, PITTSBURG, LOVELAND, MALCOLM WALLACE, ORINDA
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus for containing a bulk supply of fruit and arranged for feeding fruit one at a time onto a conveyor from the bulk supply using a liquid to support and carry the fruit onto the conveyor and more particularly characterized in the use of a pair of tanks, one tank being employed to support the fruit in liquid and a second tank for storing the liquid displaced by the entry of fruit, said tanks being interconnected by an overflow water passage, a water return having an intake located subjacent to the conveyor, and means for pumping water from the water storage tank back into the fruit containing tank at a point remote from the intake of the water return.