Patent ID: 6280137
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B28B,B65G

Abstract:
An apparatus for transporting rows of products, the apparatus comprising:a plurality of separate carriers movable in a first transporting direction and configured to hold the rows of products;supply means for supplying a row of products to one of said separate carriers;first transport means for transporting the carriers with rows of products thereon through a certain distance in the first transporting direction;sliding means for displacing each row of products relative to its associated carrier and along the first transporting direction such that a row of displaced products now rests on two adjacent and spaced carriers, with the adjacent carriers separated by a distance not greater than the dimension of the products along the first transport direction; andsecond transport means for transporting the displaced rows of products in a second transporting direction and lifting the displaced rows of products from the adjacent spaced carriers.