Apparatus and method for separating food slices

A conveyor arrangement has a kick roller 22 proximate an outlet end of a first conveyor 12, and is used to separate items 24 from each other as they pass the outlet of the conveyor 12, in conjunction with an air knife 50. Also disclosed is a method, which does not necessarily feature an air knife. A...

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Hauptverfasser:	CLIVE JUSTIN EDMONDS, BARBARA LOUISE WARBURG, IAN JEFFREY NOBLE
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CONVEYING FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL HUMAN NECESSITIES PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A conveyor arrangement has a kick roller 22 proximate an outlet end of a first conveyor 12, and is used to separate items 24 from each other as they pass the outlet of the conveyor 12, in conjunction with an air knife 50. Also disclosed is a method, which does not necessarily feature an air knife. Also disclosed is a second apparatus and method in which a brush device (220, fig.2) has a number of downwardly directed brush elements (234,fig2) to brush items 24 carried on a conveyor into a desired distribution. The first and second inventions are both aimed at distributing items which may be stuck or clumped together, more evenly during transit.