Patent ID: 7383945

Claim:
An apparatus for transferring products, said apparatus comprising: at least one row of conveying units, an endless sorting conveyor and a packaging device, the at least one row of conveying units being positioned under the endless sorting conveyor at least one height, wherein, in use, the products are discharged in a well-defined manner from the sorting conveyor into the conveying units, are received by the conveying units, and are subsequently delivered to a packaging device thereunder, wherein each conveying unit includes at least a first and a second part movable away from each other and back again, from a receiving position for taking up such a product to a discharge position for delivering the product downwardly therefrom, said at least one row being included in a frame and being removeably and interlockably arranged in the frame, the first part from one of at least one row being mounted on a first carrier and the second part from the one row being mounted on a second carrier, wherein, for the purpose of making removeable said at least one row, said carriers are arranged removeably and interlockably in the frame, and the carriers each being provided with an interlock at the ends thereof; and the interlock comprising two fitting connection halves, of which one half is on the carrier and the other half is on the frame, and a fit retainer, wherein one half is a pin provided on the frame, the other half is a slot provided in the carrier and fitting around the pin, and the fit retainer is a retaining bush biased around the halves.