Patent ID: 8413798
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: B65C,B65G

Abstract:
1. A device for conveying products, in particular food products, comprising: a horizontal conveying path supported by a base and having a drive means substantially extending in the horizontal direction, wherein the drive means is reversibly driven and is associated with at least one auxiliary conveyor device also supported by the base, a conveying means for the product driven by the drive means, and supporting means by means of which the product is laterally supported and carried at a distance from the drive means, wherein the supporting means of the at least one auxiliary conveyor device are formed by at least two rail elements which are spaced apart from one another perpendicular to the conveying direction and which carry the product between them, and actuating means for varying the distance of the rail elements to one another are provided depending on the size of the products to be conveyed, wherein the rail element has a driving means, in particular a belt drive, which extends along the circumference of the rail element and which, on the bottom side of the rail element, is in frictional connection with the drive means and, on the top side of the rail element, is in frictional connection with the product.