Patent ID: 9409724
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B65B,B65G

Claim Text:
1. A device for conveying lumpy products in such a way that the products are separated from a product stream and are subsequently conveyed further spaced apart from each other uniformly in at least one group, the device comprising: supplying arrangements for supplying the products as a single-row product stream; discharging arrangements for discharging the products spaced apart from one another in a row, wherein the discharging arrangements are arranged after the supplying arrangements in a conveying direction of the products in such a way that the products are transferred from the arrangements to the discharging arrangements; and conveying arrangements for conveying the products, wherein the conveying arrangements are arranged in a transfer area from the supplying arrangements to the discharging arrangements, and wherein the conveying arrangements have driver arrangements, which are mounted so as to be pivotable in a controlled manner in the conveying direction of the products and which form an intervention between at least two successive products in the product stream in such a way that, with a further movement of the conveying arrangements, said driver arrangements guide the products during the transfer from the supplying arrangements to the discharging arrangements in such a way that the products are separated from the product stream and are conveyed further at uniform distances from one another in at least one group, and are discharged, in a controlled manner in each case; control arrangements, which cooperate with the supplying arrangements, the discharging arrangements and the conveying arrangements and control conveying speeds of the supplying arrangements, the discharging arrangements and the conveying arrangements individually in such a way that the products, following separation thereof from the product stream, are conveyed further spaced art uniformly in the at least one group; and movable stopper arrangements for the products, wherein the stopper arrangements cooperate with the control arrangements in such a way that the stopper arrangements are moved into a conveying area of the supplying arrangements in order to cause the products in the product stream to contact one another in an accumulation and in such a way that the stopper arrangements are subsequently moved out from the conveying area of the supplying arrangements in order to cause the product stream to be conveyed further and to be released for the intervention of the driver arrangements between at least two successive products in the product stream.