Patent ID: 7946205

Claim:
A device to eliminate trimmings or scraps from series of products comprising an input member for the products; an output member for the products; at least one continuous movable upper flexible member carrying a series of contact members for the products aligned with one another, a section of said movable upper flexible member being devoid of said contact members to allow trimmings to fall; at least one stationary longitudinal lower supporting element of the products, parallel to said movable upper flexible member and bridging said input member and said output member, an essentially aligned position of said flexible member and of said longitudinal lower supporting element being such that the products advance in contact with and supported during elimination of said trimmings (1) by the contact members of the flexible member and (2) by the longitudinal lower supporting element to said output member; at least one pusher to insert the series of products with respective trimmings between said flexible member and said longitudinal lower supporting element; wherein said flexible member is controlled with a cyclically variable speed to carry the section thereof devoid of contact members every time to a level of tail and head trimmings of two consecutive series of products.