Patent ID: 8151971

Claim:
A device for forming a continuous and cadenced flow of a plurality of products, comprising an advancement conveyor for feeding said products; downstream of said advancement conveyor, a carousel rotating on a substantially horizontal rotation shaft; an exit conveyor for receiving said products from said carousel; wherein said carousel comprises a plurality of L-shaped stalls with each of said stalls including a blade arranged to cyclically pass between corresponding supports on which said products are fed by said advancement conveyor in order to lift said products from said supports, rotate said products and feed said products to said exit conveyor; wherein said L-shaped stalls are pivotally mounted on said carousel; wherein said L-shaped stalls are subject to a controlled oscillation with respect to said carousel such that, when said products are in a vertical position on said exit conveyor, the L-shaped stalls are caused to oscillate backwards with respect to the carousel; wherein said exit conveyor includes a pair of substantially parallel and horizontal conveyors arranged one on top of another in superposed relation such that the products are fed between said pair of conveyors which are in superposed relation and advance in contact therewith; wherein said carousel further comprises two side-wall disks which are fitted on said rotation shaft, said rotation shaft being rotatably supported by side walls of a bed frame and structured to rotate with continuous movement by a positive transmission and by an electric motor; wherein said side-wall disks rotatably support ends of a plurality of peripheral shafts arranged in parallel to said rotation shaft of said carousel, said peripheral shafts being set at equal angular distances apart from one another and supporting said L-shaped stalls; and wherein in a space between a pair of said side-wall disks are arranged a pair of parallel and equal intermediate disks, said intermediate disks are slidable on said rotation shaft of said carousel and slide on said peripheral shafts.