CA1227165A - Article reassorting apparatus - Google Patents
Article reassorting apparatusInfo
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- CA1227165A CA1227165A CA000441176A CA441176A CA1227165A CA 1227165 A CA1227165 A CA 1227165A CA 000441176 A CA000441176 A CA 000441176A CA 441176 A CA441176 A CA 441176A CA 1227165 A CA1227165 A CA 1227165A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G21/00—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
- B65G21/10—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively movable parts; Devices for moving framework or parts thereof
- B65G21/14—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors movable, or having interchangeable or relatively movable parts; Devices for moving framework or parts thereof to allow adjustment of length or configuration of load-carrier or traction element
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An apparatus for reasserting articles comprises a first conveyor advancing articles in a first conveying direction and a second conveyor advancing articles in a second conveying direction oriented transversely to the first conveying direction. The discharge end of the first conveyor cooperates with the second conveyor for transferring articles from the discharge end to the second conveyor. The second conveyor has a plurality of parallel conveyor channels oriented generally in the second conveying direction. The apparatus further has a mechanism which effects a relative displacement between the discharge end of the first conveyor and the conveyor channels of the second conveyor in a direction transverse to the second conveying direction for transferring articles from the discharge end to selective conveyor channels.
An apparatus for reasserting articles comprises a first conveyor advancing articles in a first conveying direction and a second conveyor advancing articles in a second conveying direction oriented transversely to the first conveying direction. The discharge end of the first conveyor cooperates with the second conveyor for transferring articles from the discharge end to the second conveyor. The second conveyor has a plurality of parallel conveyor channels oriented generally in the second conveying direction. The apparatus further has a mechanism which effects a relative displacement between the discharge end of the first conveyor and the conveyor channels of the second conveyor in a direction transverse to the second conveying direction for transferring articles from the discharge end to selective conveyor channels.
Description
~L2Z7165 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an article reasserting apparatus having a first conveyor on which flat-lying articles are advanced to a discharge end and a second conveyor to which the articles are transferred from the discharge end of the first conveyor.
By means of an apparatus of the above-outlined type confectionery items such as cookies or crackers are conveyed from a baking oven or a cooling zone to one or more packing machines or to long-term storage devices. The articles which are usually advanced on a conveyor belt in transverse rows are combined into groups of predetermined quantities of articles and are subsequently packaged or stored. Frequently, however, the articles are not uniform. Thus, for example, the articles situated at the outer ends of the transverse rows may be baked more thoroughly than others. Upon packaging the articles in small groups, it occurs frequently that one package will contain only the more thoroughly baked items while in the other only the less thoroughly baked items will appear.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved apparatus of the above-outlined type with which flat, for example disc-like articles may be intermingled in a simple and inexpensive manner and which is adapted to handle even very delicate and fragile items.
These objects and others to become apparent as the specification progresses, are accomplished by the invention, according to which, briefly stated, the second conveyor has a plurality of conveyor channels arranged essentially transversely to the conveying direction of the first conveyor and further, the conveyor channels and the discharge end of the first conveyor may be moved relative to one another in a direction transverse to the conveyor channels for alter-nightingale charging the conveyor channels.
BRIEF DECORATION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure l is a schematic side elevation Al view ova preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure 2 is a schematic top plan view of the same embodiment.
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Figure 3 is a schematic side elevation Al view, on an enlarged scale, of a component of the preferred embodiment.
Figure 4 is a schematic front elevation Al view of the component illustrated in Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a schematic side elevation Al view of another preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure 6 is a top plan view of the embodiment illustrated in Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a schematic top plan view of a drive for one component of the invention.
Figure 8 is a schematic top plan view of a variant of a drive for the same component as in Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a schematic side elevation Al view of cooperating parts of two components of the first preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure lo is a schematic side elevation Al view of cooperating parts of two components of the second preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure 11 is a top plan view of cooperating portions of two components of the invention.
Figure 12 is a graph of a time/displacement function of the motion of one component with respect to another component of the invention.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Turning to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, there it shown a first conveyor generally designated at 17, comprising a conveyor belt 2 which is driven with a constant speed in the direction of the arrow 4 and on which items 1, for example, confectionery articles such as cookies or crackers are advanced from a baking oven or a cooling zone to a second conveyor generally designated at 20, including a plurality of parallel-extending conveyor channels 21. The items 1 drop at a discharge end (transfer edge) 3 of the first conveyor 17 into conveyor channels 21 which advance the articles 1 essentially transversely to the conveying direction 4 of the conveyor belt 2 of the first conveyor 17.
The transfer edge 3 is displaceable parallel to the conveying direction 4 of the belt 2 so that the transfer edge 3 may be brought into alignment with selected channels 21 and thus the belt 2 may charge each channel 21 with articles. The second conveyor 20 may be a swinging conveyor of known construction which conveys the items 1, orients them in an edgewise upright position and delivers them to several packing machines. The endless conveyor belt 2 is trained about four rolls 5, 6, 7 and 8. The rolls 5 and 8 are 1227~65 stationary, whereas the rolls 6 and 7 are mounted on a belt-supporting carriage 9 which is displaceable parallel to the arrow I The displacement of the carriage 9 is effected by means of two levers lo and 11 on either side of the conveyor belt 2. The levers 10 and 11 are connected with one another with a transverse shaft 16.
The lever lo is a bell crank lever having long and short arms 12 and 13, respectively. The longer arm 12 of the bell crank lever lo is pivotal connected at its free end with the belt-supporting carriage 9 while the other, shorter arm 13 is, at its free end, guided in an eccentric annular groove 14 of a cam disc 15. As the latter is rotated by means of a motor 41 and a gear 42, the bell crank lever lo oscillates the shaft 16 and the lever 11 and thus moves the belt-supporting carriage 9, together with the frontal roller 6 backwards and forwards dependent upon the direction of rotation of the cam disc 15.
Turning in particular to Figures 3 and 4, the conveyor belt 2 trot shown in Figure 4) of the first conveyor 17 is supported on a machine frame 43 (not shown in Figure 3), and the belt-supporting carriage 9 is provided on either side with rails 42 which are slid ably guided in respective tracks 45 affixed to the machine frame 43.
Turning now to Figures 5 and 6, there is shown a second embodiment of the invention, including a first conveyor 17' comprising a vibrating table 50 and a second conveyor 20' comprising an endless conveyor belt 58 having a conveying direction 59. The vibrating table 50 is supported by means of a guide 52 on a base 53 and is oscillated by means of a drive 54 in such a manner that the articles 1 situated on the upper face of the table 50 are advanced in the direction of the arrow 4 and discharged at the transfer edge 3' as indicated by the arrow 55.
The second conveyor 20' includes a frame structure 57 which is situated above the conveyor belt 58 and which is formed of a plurality of parallel-spaced walls 60 which extend generally along the length of the conveyor 58 and which are articulated at 61. The walls 60 define a plurality of conveyor channels 67. In the zone of the transfer edge 3' of the vibratory table 50 the frame structure 57 is disk placeable by means of a drive 62 parallel to the double-headed arrow 69 and thus transversely to the conveying direction 59. The drive 62 comprises a motor 63, a gearing 72, a cam shaft 69 and two cam discs 65 which move longitudinally two follower rods 66 which, in turn, are attached at their free ends to the frame structure 57. Thus, according to this embodiment, the transfer edge 3' remains stationary, while the conveyor channels 67 are displaceable in the direction indicated by the double-headed arrow 68.
~227165 For a rapid and exact change of the displacement speed of the frame structure 57, a drive is provided which is illustrated in Figure 7. The drive shown therein comprises a two-shaft gearing 72 having a spur gear pair 73 for low speeds and a spur gear pair 74 for high speeds. A switch-over clutch 75 selectively sets the power path from the drive motor 70 to the cam shaft 69 either through the gear pair 73 or the gear pair 74. It is to be understood however, that other accurately controllable speed changing gears may also find application. A variant of such a drive is shown in Figure 8. The drive includes a main motor 80 having a constant rum and a control motor 81 of variable rum. The motors 80 and 81 drive the cam shaft 69 with the intermediary of an adding gear 82, such as a planetary gear. The rum control is effected by means of sensors (not shown) which determine the momentary charged state of the conveyor channels 67. It is to be understood that for the speed control other variables may be used which characterize the manufacturing, conveying or packaging devices involved in the production line. It is also noted that the speed controlling arrangements of Figures 7 and 8 may equally find application in controlling the rum of the cam disc 15 of the embodiment according to Figures 1-4. Further, it is feasible ~227~6S
to use a displaceable vibrator-type conveyor in conjunction with the conveyor channels 21 or a stationary endless belt conveyor in conjunction with the conveyor channels 67.
Figures 9 and 10 illustrate a particular arrangement of the discharge end of the first conveyor 17 or 17', respectively. As seen, in the discharge zone the conveyor belt slopes downwardly as viewed in the conveying direction.
The articles drop from the transfer edge 3 or 3' in that selected conveyor channel 21 or 67 which is situated directly downstream of the transfer edge as viewed in the direction of conveyance on the first conveyor. The height difference between the transfer edge and the conveying surface of the second conveyor is small to effectively protect even very fragile articles 1. After one row of articles 1 is deposited in one conveyor channel of the second conveyor the transfer edge (discharge end) of the first conveyor is moved relatively to the conveyor channels transversely to the conveyor channels as described.
The relative speed between the transfer edge 3 or 20 3' and the conveyor channels 21 or 67 in the direction 4 can be adapted optimally to external conditions. For example, in case one of the packaging machines which are arranged downstream of the described reasserting apparatus becomes inoperative or a disturbance develops in the article _ g _ lZ2~7~6S
feed, the corresponding conveying channel is not charged with articles. The articles 1 may be deposited for a better intermingling in such a manner that at least some articles will be positioned between already deposited articles.
Turning in particular to Figure 11, on the first conveyor 17 along the longitudinal edges thereof there may be items 76 which are baked to a greater degree than the articles 77 in between. If the items were to be grouped according to columns, in each package there would be only articles of one type. If, on the other hand, according to the invention, the rows are combined in the conveyor channels 21 or 67, each package will have a mix of the variously baked items.
Turning now to Figure 12, there is illustrated a time/displacement diagram of the course of relative motion between the transfer edge (discharge end) of the first conveyor and the conveyor channels of the second conveyor in a direction transverse to the conveying direction of the second conveyor. The abscissa represents the displacement a; the distances R correspond approximately to the width of each conveying channel. The zero point of the coordinate system is selected to be on the edge of the first conveyor channel. The ordinate represents the time t.
During an advancing period A the transfer edge 3 or 3' passes over (scans) with constant speed four conveying channels and thereafter, during a return period B the transverse edge 3 or 3' scans the channels in the reverse direction. The conveying speed of the first conveyor and the speed of the relative motion are so coordinated with one another that each conveyor channel is charged with the eventual desired number of articles 1 during the return motion.
The relative forward and reverse motions are periodically repeated. If, by means of sensors, for example, in the third conveyor channel R3, there are sensed deviations from the desired value range which require a correction of the assigned article quantities, by means of the control device the speed in the zone R3 is changed accordingly.
Thus, in Figure 12 the alternative curve portion c shows a course in which the transfer edge 3 dwells longer than normally above the conveying channel R3, whereas the curve portion d indicates a shorter than normal dwelling period. The solid line portion e indicates the course of the curve without correction.
12Z7~65 It will be understood that the above description of the present invention is susceptible to various modifications, changes and adaptations, and the same are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the appended claims.
This invention relates to an article reasserting apparatus having a first conveyor on which flat-lying articles are advanced to a discharge end and a second conveyor to which the articles are transferred from the discharge end of the first conveyor.
By means of an apparatus of the above-outlined type confectionery items such as cookies or crackers are conveyed from a baking oven or a cooling zone to one or more packing machines or to long-term storage devices. The articles which are usually advanced on a conveyor belt in transverse rows are combined into groups of predetermined quantities of articles and are subsequently packaged or stored. Frequently, however, the articles are not uniform. Thus, for example, the articles situated at the outer ends of the transverse rows may be baked more thoroughly than others. Upon packaging the articles in small groups, it occurs frequently that one package will contain only the more thoroughly baked items while in the other only the less thoroughly baked items will appear.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved apparatus of the above-outlined type with which flat, for example disc-like articles may be intermingled in a simple and inexpensive manner and which is adapted to handle even very delicate and fragile items.
These objects and others to become apparent as the specification progresses, are accomplished by the invention, according to which, briefly stated, the second conveyor has a plurality of conveyor channels arranged essentially transversely to the conveying direction of the first conveyor and further, the conveyor channels and the discharge end of the first conveyor may be moved relative to one another in a direction transverse to the conveyor channels for alter-nightingale charging the conveyor channels.
BRIEF DECORATION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure l is a schematic side elevation Al view ova preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure 2 is a schematic top plan view of the same embodiment.
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Figure 3 is a schematic side elevation Al view, on an enlarged scale, of a component of the preferred embodiment.
Figure 4 is a schematic front elevation Al view of the component illustrated in Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a schematic side elevation Al view of another preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure 6 is a top plan view of the embodiment illustrated in Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a schematic top plan view of a drive for one component of the invention.
Figure 8 is a schematic top plan view of a variant of a drive for the same component as in Figure 7.
Figure 9 is a schematic side elevation Al view of cooperating parts of two components of the first preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure lo is a schematic side elevation Al view of cooperating parts of two components of the second preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure 11 is a top plan view of cooperating portions of two components of the invention.
Figure 12 is a graph of a time/displacement function of the motion of one component with respect to another component of the invention.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Turning to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, there it shown a first conveyor generally designated at 17, comprising a conveyor belt 2 which is driven with a constant speed in the direction of the arrow 4 and on which items 1, for example, confectionery articles such as cookies or crackers are advanced from a baking oven or a cooling zone to a second conveyor generally designated at 20, including a plurality of parallel-extending conveyor channels 21. The items 1 drop at a discharge end (transfer edge) 3 of the first conveyor 17 into conveyor channels 21 which advance the articles 1 essentially transversely to the conveying direction 4 of the conveyor belt 2 of the first conveyor 17.
The transfer edge 3 is displaceable parallel to the conveying direction 4 of the belt 2 so that the transfer edge 3 may be brought into alignment with selected channels 21 and thus the belt 2 may charge each channel 21 with articles. The second conveyor 20 may be a swinging conveyor of known construction which conveys the items 1, orients them in an edgewise upright position and delivers them to several packing machines. The endless conveyor belt 2 is trained about four rolls 5, 6, 7 and 8. The rolls 5 and 8 are 1227~65 stationary, whereas the rolls 6 and 7 are mounted on a belt-supporting carriage 9 which is displaceable parallel to the arrow I The displacement of the carriage 9 is effected by means of two levers lo and 11 on either side of the conveyor belt 2. The levers 10 and 11 are connected with one another with a transverse shaft 16.
The lever lo is a bell crank lever having long and short arms 12 and 13, respectively. The longer arm 12 of the bell crank lever lo is pivotal connected at its free end with the belt-supporting carriage 9 while the other, shorter arm 13 is, at its free end, guided in an eccentric annular groove 14 of a cam disc 15. As the latter is rotated by means of a motor 41 and a gear 42, the bell crank lever lo oscillates the shaft 16 and the lever 11 and thus moves the belt-supporting carriage 9, together with the frontal roller 6 backwards and forwards dependent upon the direction of rotation of the cam disc 15.
Turning in particular to Figures 3 and 4, the conveyor belt 2 trot shown in Figure 4) of the first conveyor 17 is supported on a machine frame 43 (not shown in Figure 3), and the belt-supporting carriage 9 is provided on either side with rails 42 which are slid ably guided in respective tracks 45 affixed to the machine frame 43.
Turning now to Figures 5 and 6, there is shown a second embodiment of the invention, including a first conveyor 17' comprising a vibrating table 50 and a second conveyor 20' comprising an endless conveyor belt 58 having a conveying direction 59. The vibrating table 50 is supported by means of a guide 52 on a base 53 and is oscillated by means of a drive 54 in such a manner that the articles 1 situated on the upper face of the table 50 are advanced in the direction of the arrow 4 and discharged at the transfer edge 3' as indicated by the arrow 55.
The second conveyor 20' includes a frame structure 57 which is situated above the conveyor belt 58 and which is formed of a plurality of parallel-spaced walls 60 which extend generally along the length of the conveyor 58 and which are articulated at 61. The walls 60 define a plurality of conveyor channels 67. In the zone of the transfer edge 3' of the vibratory table 50 the frame structure 57 is disk placeable by means of a drive 62 parallel to the double-headed arrow 69 and thus transversely to the conveying direction 59. The drive 62 comprises a motor 63, a gearing 72, a cam shaft 69 and two cam discs 65 which move longitudinally two follower rods 66 which, in turn, are attached at their free ends to the frame structure 57. Thus, according to this embodiment, the transfer edge 3' remains stationary, while the conveyor channels 67 are displaceable in the direction indicated by the double-headed arrow 68.
~227165 For a rapid and exact change of the displacement speed of the frame structure 57, a drive is provided which is illustrated in Figure 7. The drive shown therein comprises a two-shaft gearing 72 having a spur gear pair 73 for low speeds and a spur gear pair 74 for high speeds. A switch-over clutch 75 selectively sets the power path from the drive motor 70 to the cam shaft 69 either through the gear pair 73 or the gear pair 74. It is to be understood however, that other accurately controllable speed changing gears may also find application. A variant of such a drive is shown in Figure 8. The drive includes a main motor 80 having a constant rum and a control motor 81 of variable rum. The motors 80 and 81 drive the cam shaft 69 with the intermediary of an adding gear 82, such as a planetary gear. The rum control is effected by means of sensors (not shown) which determine the momentary charged state of the conveyor channels 67. It is to be understood that for the speed control other variables may be used which characterize the manufacturing, conveying or packaging devices involved in the production line. It is also noted that the speed controlling arrangements of Figures 7 and 8 may equally find application in controlling the rum of the cam disc 15 of the embodiment according to Figures 1-4. Further, it is feasible ~227~6S
to use a displaceable vibrator-type conveyor in conjunction with the conveyor channels 21 or a stationary endless belt conveyor in conjunction with the conveyor channels 67.
Figures 9 and 10 illustrate a particular arrangement of the discharge end of the first conveyor 17 or 17', respectively. As seen, in the discharge zone the conveyor belt slopes downwardly as viewed in the conveying direction.
The articles drop from the transfer edge 3 or 3' in that selected conveyor channel 21 or 67 which is situated directly downstream of the transfer edge as viewed in the direction of conveyance on the first conveyor. The height difference between the transfer edge and the conveying surface of the second conveyor is small to effectively protect even very fragile articles 1. After one row of articles 1 is deposited in one conveyor channel of the second conveyor the transfer edge (discharge end) of the first conveyor is moved relatively to the conveyor channels transversely to the conveyor channels as described.
The relative speed between the transfer edge 3 or 20 3' and the conveyor channels 21 or 67 in the direction 4 can be adapted optimally to external conditions. For example, in case one of the packaging machines which are arranged downstream of the described reasserting apparatus becomes inoperative or a disturbance develops in the article _ g _ lZ2~7~6S
feed, the corresponding conveying channel is not charged with articles. The articles 1 may be deposited for a better intermingling in such a manner that at least some articles will be positioned between already deposited articles.
Turning in particular to Figure 11, on the first conveyor 17 along the longitudinal edges thereof there may be items 76 which are baked to a greater degree than the articles 77 in between. If the items were to be grouped according to columns, in each package there would be only articles of one type. If, on the other hand, according to the invention, the rows are combined in the conveyor channels 21 or 67, each package will have a mix of the variously baked items.
Turning now to Figure 12, there is illustrated a time/displacement diagram of the course of relative motion between the transfer edge (discharge end) of the first conveyor and the conveyor channels of the second conveyor in a direction transverse to the conveying direction of the second conveyor. The abscissa represents the displacement a; the distances R correspond approximately to the width of each conveying channel. The zero point of the coordinate system is selected to be on the edge of the first conveyor channel. The ordinate represents the time t.
During an advancing period A the transfer edge 3 or 3' passes over (scans) with constant speed four conveying channels and thereafter, during a return period B the transverse edge 3 or 3' scans the channels in the reverse direction. The conveying speed of the first conveyor and the speed of the relative motion are so coordinated with one another that each conveyor channel is charged with the eventual desired number of articles 1 during the return motion.
The relative forward and reverse motions are periodically repeated. If, by means of sensors, for example, in the third conveyor channel R3, there are sensed deviations from the desired value range which require a correction of the assigned article quantities, by means of the control device the speed in the zone R3 is changed accordingly.
Thus, in Figure 12 the alternative curve portion c shows a course in which the transfer edge 3 dwells longer than normally above the conveying channel R3, whereas the curve portion d indicates a shorter than normal dwelling period. The solid line portion e indicates the course of the curve without correction.
12Z7~65 It will be understood that the above description of the present invention is susceptible to various modifications, changes and adaptations, and the same are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the appended claims.
Claims (11)
1. Apparatus for rearranging discoidal objects comprising a first conveyor for conveying the objects in a first conveying direction and transferring them to a second conveyor at a transfer edge, wherein the second conveyor comprises a plurality of parallel conveying channels oriented substantially in a second conveying direction which is transverse with respect to the first conveying direction, means for effecting relative displacement between said transfer edge of said first conveyor and said conveying channels of said second conveyor in a direction transverse to said second conveyor direction for transferring articles from said transfer edge selectively to said conveying channels in turn, and control means for arbitrarily changing the speed of said relative displacement.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first conveyor comprises at least one endless conveyor blet passing around a direction-changing roller in the zone of the transfer edge, said roller being displaceable in the conveying direction.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first conveyor is constituted at least in part by a vibrating conveyor.
4. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second conveyor is constituted at least in part by a vibrating conveyor.
5. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second conveyor comprises at least one endless conveyor belt and the conveying channels are delimited by a grating.
6. Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control means means is adapted to vary the speed of displacement of the transfer edge so that for each given distribution of the objects on the first conveyor the convoying channels of the second conveyor can be uniformly loaded.
7. Apparatus according to claim 1, including sensors for determining the quantities of objects in the conveying channels of the second conveyor.
8. Apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the control means is responsive to the quantities of objects on the second conveyor that are determined by the sensors for controlling the distribution of the objects in the various channels.
9. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means controls said means for effecting relative displacement in such manner that undesirable differences in the quantities of objects in the various conveying channels are eliminated.
10. Apparatus according to claim 5, wherein at least part of the grating is displaceable in the first conveying direction and the control means is adapted to change the speed of displacement in such manner that undesirable differences in the quantities of objects in the various channels are eliminated.
11. Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said means for effecting relative displacement comprises a earn disc, means for rotating said earn disc, an eccentric annular cam groove provided in said cam disc, a toggle lever having a first arm guided in said cam groove and a second arm operatively coupled to said direction-changing roller.
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