Patent ID: 7428961
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
1. Conveyor device for conveying substantially round products, comprising a support track, along which the products can move in a conveying direction during use, and a first, substantially cylindrical engagement member, which extends transversely over the support track with respect to the conveying direction and is designed to be flexible at least at its circumference, in order to engage on the products on the support track, and can rotate about its axial axis in order to advance the products along the support track, wherein the support track, downstream of the first engagement member as seen in the conveying direction, has an elevated portion which is located at a distance from the first engagement member which is such that the latter engages on the products on the upward part of the elevated portion, wherein downstream of the first engagement member, as seen in the conveying direction, there is arranged a second substantially cylindrical engagement member, which extends transversely across the support track with respect to the conveying direction and is designed to be flexible at least at the circumference, in order to engage on the products on the support track, and can rotate about its axial axis in order to advance the products along the support track, which second engagement member can rotate in the same direction as the first engagement member, and wherein the second engagement member, as seen in the conveying direction, is located at a distance downstream of the elevated portion which is such that the second engagement member engages on the products on the downward section of the elevated portion.