Patent ID: 6666320
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
An apparatus for handling confectionery products which can be moved in rows through several successive processes in which the products may have different periods of stay, the apparatus comprising a slat conveyor arranged above a row of process stations and provided with means for individually lifting and lowering the conveyor slats, which conveyor is arranged for stepwise carrying the rows of confectionery products, through a number of working positions, wherein at each side of the conveyor there is provided lifting means supporting the slats, wherein the support of the slats are effected via first coupling means capable of being activated individually and placed at each working position and which have first engagement means displaceable between a position of engaging the slat and a position of disengaging the slat, there is provided second coupling means with second engagement means which are also capable of being individually activated between a position of engaging the slat, and the coupling means being connected with a central control unit activating the engagement means according to a predetermined sequence.