Patent ID: 8109698
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for transport of fruits, comprising: a frame; an elongated channel arranged on the frame, having a fluid medium, and configured to advance the fruits in a conveyance direction by flotation between an entry side and an exit side of the channel wherein the channel has walls; a fluid circulation means which circulates the fluid from the entry side to the exit side for causing the fruits to be transported in the channel from the entry side to the exit side; and transport influencing means for influencing transport of the fruits and/or the fluid, wherein the transport influencing means comprise at least one vibrating member for setting a wall of the channel into vibration in response to a fruit detection means for detecting transported fruits and subsequently activating the vibrating member the influencing means configured and operable to space fruits advancing in the conveying direction along the elongated channel.