Patent ID: 6257393
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A product collator comprising:an endless conveyor belt including a plurality of laterally extending flights, the conveyor belt including a first, generally upwardly and forwardly extending path and a second, generally rearwardly extending path positioned downstream from the first upwardly and forwardly extending path;the first path including,a first trough section for allowing at least some of the products to settle within the flights,a first upwardly inclined section, downstream from the first trough section, for causing products not securely settled within the flights to fall back to the first trough section,a second trough section, downstream from the first upwardly inclined section, anda second upwardly inclined section, downstream from the first trough section, for causing products not securely settled within the flights to fall back to the second trough section, wherein the second trough section allows at least some of these products to settle back again within the flights.