Separating products on a conveyor using brush elements

Separating products on a conveyor using brush elements

An apparatus 102 for separating products such as food slices carried on a conveyor 104 comprises a brush device 220 located above the conveyor 104, including a plurality of downwardly directed brush elements 234 mutually spaced in a direction along the length of the conveyor 104 and adapted intermit...

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Hauptverfasser: CLIVE JUSTIN EDMONDS, BARBARA LOUISE WARBURG, IAN JEFFREY NOBLE
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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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:An apparatus 102 for separating products such as food slices carried on a conveyor 104 comprises a brush device 220 located above the conveyor 104, including a plurality of downwardly directed brush elements 234 mutually spaced in a direction along the length of the conveyor 104 and adapted intermittently to brush products in a direction along the length of the conveyor 104. The brush device 220 may comprise a height adjustable endless belt driven in a forward or rearward direction and carrying a series of transverse brush elements 234. The conveyor 104 may include a series of transverse separating strips 210 forming a series of idenxed regions 212 along the conveyor 104. The food slices may be low oil potato chips. Also disclosed is a different separating apparatus with a kick roller (20 fig. 1) and an air knife (50 fig. 1).