Patent ID: 7490712

Claim:
A conveyor assembly with ejecting provision, wherein the assembly comprises an upstream and a downstream belt conveyor defining a conveying surface, which are arranged for operatively conveying a series of products at a conveying speed in a conveying direction, wherein the upstream belt conveyor connects by a discharge end to a feed end of the downstream belt conveyor, wherein the discharge end is defined by a discharge end return pulley and wherein the feed end is defined by a feed end return pulley, wherein the discharge end return pulley and/or the feed end return pulley are arranged displaceably along the conveying direction of the conveyors in a plane parallel to the conveying surface of the respective conveyor for forming an ejection opening between the two return pulleys wherein each of the said displaceable return pulleys has a controllable drive for the displacement thereof, wherein the conveyor assembly is provided with a control for controlling the displacement of the two return pulleys, wherein the control is arranged for making both the discharge end return pulley and the feed end return pulley travel a displacement path for forming the ejection opening, and wherein the control regulates the displacement paths such that the ejection opening operatively moves along with a product to be ejected.