Patent ID: 11931914
Assignee: POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 14:
15. A method of controlling a system for picking up, conveying, and delivering a strand-like foodstuff product to a foodstuff portioning machine which has at least one magazine tube, said method including the steps of:
detecting a presence of the foodstuff product to be picked up on a foodstuff product support of a transporting apparatus;
positioning gripper members of a gripping device in a first position in which the gripper members are positioned on opposite sides of the foodstuff product to be picked up;
seizing the foodstuff product to be picked up in that at least one of the gripper members reversibly moves in a direction towards the foodstuff product until a second position is reached;
compressing the foodstuff product,
wherein the foodstuff product is pressure-compacted into a predefined shape by means of the gripper members and an abutment plate and, optionally, the foodstuff product support;
moving the gripping device together with the foodstuff product to a predefined position; and
delivering the foodstuff product to the magazine tube of the foodstuff portioning machine.