Patent ID: 6837362

Claim:
An apparatus for singulating products, such as apples, which, floating along in liquid in a channel in a transport direction, are supplied and, after singulation in the liquid, are then fed out of the water to a transport device, the apparatus comprising: a channel, in use to be filled with liquid to a liquid level which liquid is streaming in the transport direction to form a liquid stream, the channel having a first side and a second side; a submerging device for submerging products supplied in the channel; a releasing device; and a singulating channel, of a width equal to a singulating width, intended for collecting the products released after submersion, in a continuous row, the releasing device being arranged for releasing the products after submersion and for feeding the products to the singulating channel, the releasing device comprising a baffle which extends from the submerging device to the singulating channel and which extends below the liquid level, the baffle being positioned such that the submerged products are gradually released one after another into the singulating channel, with the products being grouped in the liquid stream, floating, in a continuous row, a transport device extending in the singulating channel for removing the products out of the singulating channel.