Patent ID: 8701866
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A transfer device for transferring an object comprising-at least one container in the food industry, in combination with a mat for the transport of at least one object on a top surface of the mat, wherein the mat comprises elastic material, wherein reinforcements are provided in the mat that are at least partially enclosed by the elastic material, wherein the reinforcements are aligned parallel or approximately parallel to one another, wherein the elastic material and the reinforcements interact in such a way that a flexing of the mat at a first arc of curvature in a first plane can take place with less force than at a second arc of curvature of the same shape in a second plane, and wherein the first plane and the second plane are not the same plane, wherein the transfer device comprises: means for moving the mat in a transport direction, wherein the means for moving is a roller conveyor with rollers, and the object can be transferred out of a position on the mat to another position, guidance means for guidance of the mat out of a transport plane , wherein the guidance means are guidance rollers possessing a limited length and not extending across the entire width of the roller conveyor, the guidance rollers being adapted to initiate a deflection of the mat out of the plane of the roller conveyor by exerting an external force to the mat in an edge area of the top surface of the mat, so that the mat is flexed with the first arc of curvature that runs in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the reinforcements.