Patent ID: 11958696
Assignee: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of lining up portions of slices of food, wherein the portions are transported by a belt conveyor on a plurality of tracks along a conveying direction, the plurality of tracks are arranged in parallel to one another,
wherein one of the plurality of tracks is selected as a first reference track,
wherein conveying speeds of a remainder of the plurality of tracks excluding the first reference track are adapted in such a way that the portions are arranged in straight rows arranged orthogonally to the conveying direction when the portions reach a lining-up position,
wherein, when the lining-up position is reached, conveying speeds of the plurality of tracks including the first reference track are aligned to one another.