Patent ID: 6029424
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
A method of conveying eggs comprising:conveying a first plurality of the eggs in a first plurality of rows;conveying a second plurality of the eggs in a second plurality of rows, the second plurality of rows being parallel to the first plurality of rows;providing a first transfer from the first plurality of rows and a second transfer from the second plurality of rows, the first transfer and the second transfer including a third plurality of rows;ejecting at least some of the eggs from the first plurality of rows to the first transfer;ejecting at least some of the eggs from the second plurality of rows to the second transfer;merging eggs from the third plurality of rows into at least one row of a number less than the third plurality of rows; andconveying the ejected eggs away from the first and second plurality of rows.