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United States Patent | 4,962,844 |
Francioni | October 16, 1990 |
Conveyors are interposed between a product-supply station and a product handling station and are divided into several sections in cascade on which products accumulate when the handling station stops. When the handling station stops, the sections also stop in turn as the accumulating products gradually fill each section. The handling station is then restarted at a speed higher than its normal operating speed so as to use up the products accumulated previously. The handling station has an associated conveyor for metering the products and an associated conveyor for spreading out the products, arranged in cascade. The movements of the metering conveyor and of the accumulation sections are regulated in a coordinated manner so as to minimize the pressures applied to the products.
Inventors: | Francioni; Renzo (Prato Sesia, IT) |
Assignee: |
Cavanna S.p.A.
(IT)
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Appl. No.: | 07/367,876 |
Filed: | June 19, 1989 |
Dec 30, 1988 [IT] | 68175 A/88 | |||
Current U.S. Class: | 198/460.3 ; 198/572; 198/575 |
Current International Class: | B65G 47/31 (20060101); B65G 47/51 (20060101); B65G 047/26 () |
Field of Search: | 198/460,461,462,444,524,571,572,575,573 |
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