EP1046432A1 - Article sorting arrangement, in particular for grouping into batches - Google Patents

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EP1046432A1
EP1046432A1 EP00460028A EP00460028A EP1046432A1 EP 1046432 A1 EP1046432 A1 EP 1046432A1 EP 00460028 A EP00460028 A EP 00460028A EP 00460028 A EP00460028 A EP 00460028A EP 1046432 A1 EP1046432 A1 EP 1046432A1
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  • the present invention relates to a device for sorting of products in which a conveyor line move products one behind the other and selectively transfers them to reception points distributed over its length.
  • the slice selection criterion is generally the weight, but it can also be the shape, the color, etc., or the combination of several settings.
  • Sorting devices of the aforementioned type are available. widely used day in this application at packaging of smoked salmon in slices, which vary at the level of the means operating the transfer of the products to the different addresses from the line of distribution. The most common are a deflectors or pushers which eject the products onto the side of the distribution conveyor, as well as a conveyor section system which interrupt the conveyor line in tilting up or down. This last system as well as others less used are described in document WO 95/35238 in the name of the company Danish Scanvaegt A / S.
  • the present invention results from a search for overall more satisfactory solution in view of this multiple disadvantage, although remaining simple.
  • a product sorting device including a conveyor line to transport these products one behind the other in order to selectively route to n receiving stations distributed over its length, with n ⁇ 1, characterized in that said conveyor line is a belt conveyor endless, of which the strip presents a succession openings separated by solid areas suitable for receive products, and in that each post of reception includes a product reception support disposed under the transport strand of said strip without end, and a selectively movable stop means above of said endless strip between a position active and an erase position, for selectively stop incoming products so that they fall in the opening succeeding said full area where they are worn to be received on said receiving medium at the corresponding reception station.
  • Said stop means may be flaps or many combs. They move advantageously in vertical translation or pivoting around an axis transverse.
  • the tape can take the forms more diverse, provided it is sufficiently slippery for products. It can be a ribbon continuous in a suitable synthetic material such as polyvinyl chloride or polyethylene. It can be also a strip with trays or mounted pallets with alternation of voids on chains or belts side.
  • the receiving supports are advantageously trays such as displaced cardboard boards step by step for the realization of batches of slices in bleachers.
  • said trays can be oriented and moved not step by step in a determined direction: parallel, perpendicular or oblique to the direction of the distribution conveyor.
  • the receiving media can themselves be handled by secondary conveyors, passing between the lower and upper strands of the conveyor distribution. They can then be placed automatically on said secondary conveyors, by unstacking devices mounted at the upstream end of these.
  • FIG. 1 it represents a device according to the invention comprising a conveyor distribution 1 receiving products P one by one in sound upstream end to transfer them to a plurality n 2 reception stations distributed along its length, with plus the possibility of an additional destination at the outlet of the conveyor 1, for example for products have not been assigned to one of the reception stations 2.
  • the distribution conveyor 1 is of the endless belt type, its band 10 having in its transport width, and over its entire length, a succession of openings 12 separated from each other by solid areas 11 where products P are loaded
  • the openings 11 advantageously have a substantially rectangular shape and, as solid areas 11, a longitudinal dimension significantly higher than that of P products, which are preferably loaded onto the strip 10 at closer to the front edge of the opening 12 located immediately behind.
  • Each reception station 2 includes a support for reception 20, arranged under the upper strand of transport 1a of the conveyor 1, and more precisely between the upper and lower strands 1b.
  • a support for reception 20 corresponds to a stop means 3 arranged above him and above the upper strand 1a, which has for function to selectively stop P products on the strip 10, in order to drag them onto it, then drop into opening 12 located behind.
  • the way stop 3 here consists of a flap or comb to displacement in vertical translation. Alternatively, erasing the flap or comb can be done as efficiently when pivoting around an axis transverse, especially in applications to thin P products where the amplitude of the pivoting can remain very small.
  • the supports 20 are most often provided to receive final packaging receptacles for P products, including trays, or carton for sliced products such as salmon smoke.
  • the arrangement of the products in the receptacles can be obtained by not moving to not the receptacles via the supports 20, in a direction which may be parallel, perpendicular or oblique to the direction conveyor transport 1.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a device according to the invention used for batching a sliced product such as smoked salmon. It includes a conveyor distribution 1 in all respects identical to that of Fig. 1, and therefore designated, as well as its elements, by the same references. It is powered by slices T from a means of measuring the criterion of selection, to which a management unit assigns a destination address based on information detected.
  • Each reception station 2 includes a conveyor secondary 21 passing between the two upper strands 1a and lower 1b of the distribution conveyor 1, to which is associated a stop means 3.
  • a stop means 3 In the drawing, two stop means 3, in active position, are shown with a thick line, the others being in position of erasure.
  • Each secondary conveyor 21 is equipped in its upstream end of a distributor or unstacking 22 which supplies it with cardboard boards C for packaging batches of slices.
  • the C boards are brought by the secondary conveyor 21 in position to receive the first tranche, then moved step by step to receive the following, in order to constitute a stack in tiers.
  • the conveyor 21 advances for transfer to an evacuation conveyor 4.
  • the secondary conveyors 21 could be oriented obliquely to the distribution conveyor 1 rather than perpendicularly, this possibility being a very simple way to vary the presentations.

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The system comprises of an endless conveyor (1) that has a series of equally spaced apertures (12) between which are located product placement areas (11). Retractable paddle boards (3) are provided that can be placed in the product path such that they c be removed from the main conveyor on to a reception station (20) through the conveyor apertures.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de tri de produits dans lequel une ligne de convoyage achemine les produits les uns derrière les autres et les transfère sélectivement en des points de réception répartis sur sa longueur.The present invention relates to a device for sorting of products in which a conveyor line move products one behind the other and selectively transfers them to reception points distributed over its length.

Elle a été plus particulièrement conçue pour le domaine de l'industrie agro-alimentaire, notamment pour la constitution de lots de produits tels que tranches de saumon fumé selon une technique dans laquelle plusieurs lots sont en cours de formation en même temps, les tranches étant sélectionnées une à une à mesure qu'elles arrivent pour être envoyées vers le lot en formation où elles s'intégreront le mieux. Le critère de sélection des tranches est généralement le poids, mais ce peut être également la forme, la couleur, etc., ou encore l'association de plusieurs paramètres.It was more specifically designed for the field of the food industry, especially for the constitution of batches of products such as slices smoked salmon using a technique in which several batches are being formed at the same time time, the slices being selected one by one at as they arrive to be sent to the batch in training where they will fit best. The slice selection criterion is generally the weight, but it can also be the shape, the color, etc., or the combination of several settings.

Des dispositifs de tri du type précité sont à ce jour largement utilisés dans cette application au conditionnement du saumon fumé en tranches, qui varient au niveau des moyens opérant le transfert des produits aux différentes adresses à partir de la ligne de distribution. Les plus répandus sont un système à déviateurs ou poussoirs qui éjectent les produits sur le côté du convoyeur de distribution, ainsi qu'un système à succession de sections de convoyage pivotantes qui interrompent la ligne de convoyage en s'inclinant vers le haut ou vers le bas. Ce dernier système ainsi que d'autres moins usités sont décrits dans le document WO 95/35238 au nom de la société danoise Scanvaegt A/S.Sorting devices of the aforementioned type are available. widely used day in this application at packaging of smoked salmon in slices, which vary at the level of the means operating the transfer of the products to the different addresses from the line of distribution. The most common are a deflectors or pushers which eject the products onto the side of the distribution conveyor, as well as a conveyor section system which interrupt the conveyor line in tilting up or down. This last system as well as others less used are described in document WO 95/35238 in the name of the company Danish Scanvaegt A / S.

Un inconvénient commun à tous ces systèmes existants est la limitation en cadence, à laquelle s'ajoutent pour la plupart un manque de fiabilité dont une insuffisance dans la maítrise des transferts en eux-mêmes, pourtant indispensable pour la formation de lots suffisamment bien construits pour être emballés sans retouche.A disadvantage common to all these systems is the rate limitation, at which add for the most part a lack of reliability of which an insufficiency in the control of transfers in themselves, however essential for the formation of lots well built enough to be packed with no adjustments.

La présente invention résulte d'une recherche de solution globalement plus satisfaisante au vu de ce multiple inconvénient, bien que restant simple.The present invention results from a search for overall more satisfactory solution in view of this multiple disadvantage, although remaining simple.

Elle consiste en un dispositif de tri de produits, comprenant une ligne de convoyage pour transporter ces produits les uns derrière les autres afin de les acheminer sélectivement en n postes de réception répartis sur sa longueur, avec n ≥ 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite ligne de convoyage est un convoyeur à bande sans fin, dont la bande présente une succession d'ouvertures séparées par des zones pleines propres à recevoir des produits, et en ce que chaque poste de réception comprend un support de réception de produit disposé sous le brin de transport de ladite bande sans fin, et un moyen d'arrêt sélectivement déplaçable au-dessus de ladite bande sans fin entre une position active et une position d'effacement, pour sélectivement arrêter les produits arrivant afin qu'ils chutent dans l'ouverture succédant à ladite zone pleine où ils sont portés pour être reçus sur ledit support de réception au poste de réception correspondant.It consists of a product sorting device, including a conveyor line to transport these products one behind the other in order to selectively route to n receiving stations distributed over its length, with n ≥ 1, characterized in that said conveyor line is a belt conveyor endless, of which the strip presents a succession openings separated by solid areas suitable for receive products, and in that each post of reception includes a product reception support disposed under the transport strand of said strip without end, and a selectively movable stop means above of said endless strip between a position active and an erase position, for selectively stop incoming products so that they fall in the opening succeeding said full area where they are worn to be received on said receiving medium at the corresponding reception station.

Lors de leur chute, les produits ont donc préalablement été arrêtés sur la bande transporteuse, de sorte que leur transfert sur le support de réception peut être parfaitement contrôlé. Il en va ainsi pour les tranches de saumon fumé grâce au fait qu'étant conditionnées à froid, elles ont une relative rigidité D'autre part, l'actionnement des moyens d'arrêt peut être très rapide, et il n'est donc pas un obstacle à la cadence de fonctionnement.During their fall, the products therefore previously stopped on the conveyor belt, so that their transfer to the receiving medium can be perfectly controlled. So it is for slices of smoked salmon thanks to the fact that being cold packaged, they have a relative rigidity On the other hand, the actuation of the stop means can be very fast, and so it's not an obstacle to operating rate.

Lesdits moyens d'arrêt peuvent être des volets ou bien des peignes. Ils se déplacent avantageusement en translation verticale ou en pivotement autour d'u' axe transversal.Said stop means may be flaps or many combs. They move advantageously in vertical translation or pivoting around an axis transverse.

La bande peut quant à elle prendre les formes les plus diverses, pourvu qu'elle soit suffisamment glissante pour les produits. Il peut s'agir d'un ruban continu en une matière synthétique appropriée telle que polychlorure de vinyle ou polyéthylène. Ce peut être également une bande à plateaux ou à palettes montés avec alternance de vides sur des chaínes ou courroies latérales.The tape can take the forms more diverse, provided it is sufficiently slippery for products. It can be a ribbon continuous in a suitable synthetic material such as polyvinyl chloride or polyethylene. It can be also a strip with trays or mounted pallets with alternation of voids on chains or belts side.

Pour des produits tels que tranches de saumon fumé, les supports de réception sont avantageusement des plateaux tels que planchettes en carton déplacés pas à pas pour la réalisation de lots de tranches en gradins. En fonction de la présentation désirée, lesdits plateaux peuvent être orientés et déplacés pas à pas selon une direction déterminée : parallèle, perpendiculaire ou oblique par rapport à la direction de défilement du convoyeur de distribution.For products such as salmon slices smoked, the receiving supports are advantageously trays such as displaced cardboard boards step by step for the realization of batches of slices in bleachers. Depending on the desired presentation, said trays can be oriented and moved not step by step in a determined direction: parallel, perpendicular or oblique to the direction of the distribution conveyor.

Les supports de réception peuvent eux-mêmes être manipulés par des convoyeurs secondaires, passant entre les brins inférieur et supérieur du convoyeur de distribution. Ils peuvent alors être placés automatiquement sur lesdits convoyeurs secondaires, par des dispositifs de dépilage montés à l'extrémité amont de ceux-ci.The receiving media can themselves be handled by secondary conveyors, passing between the lower and upper strands of the conveyor distribution. They can then be placed automatically on said secondary conveyors, by unstacking devices mounted at the upstream end of these.

Les caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention mentionnés ci-dessus, ainsi que d'autres, apparaítront plus clairement dans la description suivante, et dans les dessins auxquels elle se réfère. Dans ces dessins :

  • La Fig. 1 est une vue schématique en perspective d'une forme de réalisation de dispositif selon l'invention, et
  • La Fig. 2 est une vue en plan d'une autre forme de réalisation de dispositif selon l'invention, dans une application au conditionnement de tranches de saumon fumé.
    • The features and advantages of the invention mentioned above, as well as others, will appear more clearly in the following description, and in the drawings to which it refers. In these drawings:
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the device according to the invention, and
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of another embodiment of the device according to the invention, in an application to the packaging of smoked salmon slices.

    • Considérant d'abord la Fig. 1, elle représente un dispositif selon l'invention comprenant un convoyeur de distribution 1 recevant des produits P un à un en son extrémité amont pour les transférer à une pluralité n de postes de réception 2 répartis sur sa longueur, avec de plus la possibilité d'une destination supplémentaire en sortie du convoyeur 1, par exemple pour des produits n'ayant pas été affectés à l'un des postes de réception 2.First considering Fig. 1, it represents a device according to the invention comprising a conveyor distribution 1 receiving products P one by one in sound upstream end to transfer them to a plurality n 2 reception stations distributed along its length, with plus the possibility of an additional destination at the outlet of the conveyor 1, for example for products have not been assigned to one of the reception stations 2.

    Selon l'invention, le convoyeur de distribution 1 est de type à bande sans fin, sa bande 10 présentant dans sa largeur de transport, et sur toute sa longueur, une succession d'ouvertures 12 séparées entre elles par des zones pleines 11 où sont chargés les produits P. Comme représenté, les ouvertures 11 ont avantageusement une forme sensiblement rectangulaire et, de même que les zones pleines 11, une dimension longitudinale sensiblement supérieure à celle des produits P, lesquels sont de préférence chargés sur la bande 10 au plus près du bord avant de l'ouverture 12 se trouvant immédiatement derrière.According to the invention, the distribution conveyor 1 is of the endless belt type, its band 10 having in its transport width, and over its entire length, a succession of openings 12 separated from each other by solid areas 11 where products P are loaded As shown, the openings 11 advantageously have a substantially rectangular shape and, as solid areas 11, a longitudinal dimension significantly higher than that of P products, which are preferably loaded onto the strip 10 at closer to the front edge of the opening 12 located immediately behind.

    Chaque poste de réception 2 comprend un support de réception 20, disposé sous le brin supérieur de transport 1a du convoyeur 1, et plus précisément entre les brins supérieur la et inférieur 1b. A ce support 20, correspond un moyen d'arrêt 3 disposé au-dessus de lui et au-dessus du brin supérieur 1a, qui a pour fonction d'arrêter sélectivement les produits P sur la bande 10, afin de les faire glisser sur celle-ci, puis chuter dans l'ouverture 12 située derrière. Le moyen d'arrêt 3 consiste ici en un volet ou peigne à déplacement en translation verticale. En variante, l'effacement du volet ou peigne peut se faire tout aussi efficacement en pivotement autour d'un axe transversal, notamment dans des applications à des produits P de faible épaisseur où l'amplitude du pivotement peut rester très petite.Each reception station 2 includes a support for reception 20, arranged under the upper strand of transport 1a of the conveyor 1, and more precisely between the upper and lower strands 1b. To this support 20, corresponds to a stop means 3 arranged above him and above the upper strand 1a, which has for function to selectively stop P products on the strip 10, in order to drag them onto it, then drop into opening 12 located behind. The way stop 3 here consists of a flap or comb to displacement in vertical translation. Alternatively, erasing the flap or comb can be done as efficiently when pivoting around an axis transverse, especially in applications to thin P products where the amplitude of the pivoting can remain very small.

    En pratique, aux postes de réception 2, les supports 20 sont le plus souvent prévus pour recevoir des réceptacles d'emballage final pour les produits P, notamment des barquettes, ou bien des planchettes en carton pour les produits en tranches tels que saumon fumé. D'autre part, la disposition des produits dans les réceptacles peut être obtenue en déplaçant pas à pas les réceptacles par l'intermédiaire des supports 20, dans une direction qui peut être parallèle, perpendiculaire ou oblique par rapport à la direction de transport du convoyeur 1.In practice, at reception stations 2, the supports 20 are most often provided to receive final packaging receptacles for P products, including trays, or carton for sliced products such as salmon smoke. On the other hand, the arrangement of the products in the receptacles can be obtained by not moving to not the receptacles via the supports 20, in a direction which may be parallel, perpendicular or oblique to the direction conveyor transport 1.

    La Fig. 2 illustre un dispositif selon l'invention utilisé pour la mise en lots d'un produit en tranches tel que saumon fumé. Il comprend un convoyeur de distribution 1 en tous points identique à celui de la Fig. 1, et par conséquent désigné, ainsi que ses éléments, par les mêmes repères. Il est alimenté en tranches T issues d'un moyen de mesure du critère de sélection, auxquelles une unité de gestion affecte une adresse de destination en fonction des informations détectées.Fig. 2 illustrates a device according to the invention used for batching a sliced product such as smoked salmon. It includes a conveyor distribution 1 in all respects identical to that of Fig. 1, and therefore designated, as well as its elements, by the same references. It is powered by slices T from a means of measuring the criterion of selection, to which a management unit assigns a destination address based on information detected.

    Chaque poste de réception 2 comprend un convoyeur secondaire 21 passant entre les deux brins supérieur 1a et inférieur 1b du convoyeur de distribution 1, auquel est associé un moyen d'arrêt 3. Dans le dessin, deux moyens d'arrêt 3, en position active, sont représentés par un trait épais, les autres étant en position d'effacement.Each reception station 2 includes a conveyor secondary 21 passing between the two upper strands 1a and lower 1b of the distribution conveyor 1, to which is associated a stop means 3. In the drawing, two stop means 3, in active position, are shown with a thick line, the others being in position of erasure.

    Chaque convoyeur secondaire 21 est équipé en son extrémité amont d'un distributeur ou dispositif de dépilage 22 qui l'alimente en planchettes en carton C pour le conditionnement des lots de tranches. Les planchettes C sont amenés par le convoyeur secondaire 21 en position pour recevoir la première tranche, puis déplacés pas à pas pour la réception des suivantes, afin de constituer un empilement en gradins. Lorsqu'un lot est complet, le convoyeur 21 l'avance pour transfert sur un convoyeur d'évacuation 4. De même que les supports 20 dans l'exemple de la Fig. 1, les convoyeurs secondaires 21 pourraient être orientés obliquement par rapport au convoyeur de distribution 1 plutôt que perpendiculairement, cette possibilité étant une façon très simple de varier les présentations.Each secondary conveyor 21 is equipped in its upstream end of a distributor or unstacking 22 which supplies it with cardboard boards C for packaging batches of slices. The C boards are brought by the secondary conveyor 21 in position to receive the first tranche, then moved step by step to receive the following, in order to constitute a stack in tiers. When a batch is complete, the conveyor 21 advances for transfer to an evacuation conveyor 4. As well as the supports 20 in the example of FIG. 1, the secondary conveyors 21 could be oriented obliquely to the distribution conveyor 1 rather than perpendicularly, this possibility being a very simple way to vary the presentations.

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    Dispositif de tri de produits, comprenant une ligne de convoyage pour transporter ces produits (P) les uns derrière les autres afin de les acheminer sélectivement en n postes de réception (2) répartis sur sa longueur, avec n ≥ 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite ligne de convoyage est un convoyeur à bande sans fin (1), dont la bande (10) présente une succession d'ouvertures (12) séparées par des zones pleines (11) propres à recevoir des produits (P), et en ce que chaque poste de réception (2) comprend un support de réception de produit (20) disposé sous le brin de transport (la) de ladite bande sans fin (10), et un moyen d'arrêt (3) sélectivement déplaçable au-dessus de ladite bande sans fin (10) entre une position active et une position d'effacement, pour sélectivement arrêter les produits (P) arrivant afin qu'ils chutent dans l'ouverture (12) succédant à ladite zone pleine (11) où ils sont portés pour être reçus sur ledit support de réception (20) au poste de réception (2) correspondant.Product sorting device, comprising a conveyor line to transport these products (P) one behind the other in order to route them selectively in n reception stations (2) distributed over its length, with n ≥ 1, characterized in that said conveyor line is an endless belt conveyor (1), the band (10) of which presents a succession openings (12) separated by solid areas (11) suitable for receiving products (P), and in that each receiving station (2) includes a support for product reception (20) disposed under the strand transport (la) of said endless belt (10), and a stop means (3) selectively displaceable above said endless belt (10) between an active position and an erase position, to selectively stop the products (P) arriving so that they fall into the opening (12) succeeding said full area (11) where they are worn to be received on said support reception (20) at the corresponding reception station (2). Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdites ouvertures (12) sont des découpes rectangulaires formées dans une bande continue (10).Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said openings (12) are rectangular cuts formed in a continuous strip (10). Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la bande (10) du convoyeur (1) est d'un type à plateaux ou à palettes, lesquels plateaux ou palettes sont montés avec alternance de vides constituant les ouvertures (12) sur des chaínes ou courroies latérales.Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveyor belt (10) (1) is of a plate or pallet type, which trays or pallets are mounted with alternating voids constituting the openings (12) on chains or side straps. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'arrêt (3) sont des volets ou peignes à déplacement en translation verticale.Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said stop means (3) are flaps or combs with translational movement vertical. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'arrêt (3) sont des volets ou peignes à déplacement en pivotement autour d'un axe transversal.Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said stop means (3) are flaps or combs with pivoting movement around a transverse axis. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce qu'il est intégré dans une installation de conditionnement en lots d'un produit en tranches tel que saumon fumé.Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it is integrated in a installation for batch packaging of a product in slices such as smoked salmon. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que chaque poste de réception 2 comporte un convoyeur secondaire (21) passant entre les brins supérieur (1a) et inférieur (1b) du convoyeur de distribution (1), pour manipuler des plateaux (C) de réception de tranches (T) en fonction de la présentation souhaitée desdites tranches (T) dans les lots.Device according to claim 6, characterized in that each receiving station 2 comprises a secondary conveyor (21) passing between the upper (1a) and lower (1b) strands of the conveyor distribution (1), to handle trays (C) of reception of slices (T) depending on the desired presentation of said slices (T) in the lots. Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que lesdits convoyeurs secondaires (21) font avancer lesdits plateaux (C) pas à pas lors de leur chargement pour constituer un empilement en gradins desdites tranches (T).Device according to claim 7, characterized in that said secondary conveyors (21) advance said plates (C) step by step during of their loading to constitute a stack in steps of said slices (T). Dispositif selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que l'orientation desdits convoyeurs secondaires (21) par rapport audit convoyeur de distribution (1), oblique ou perpendiculaire, est déterminée en fonction de la présentation des lots choisie sur lesdits plateaux (C).Device according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the orientation of said conveyors secondary (21) with respect to said conveyor distribution (1), oblique or perpendicular, is determined according to the presentation of the lots chosen on said plates (C). Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 7 à 9, caractérisé en ce que chaque convoyeur secondaire (21) est pourvu en son extrémité amont d'un dispositif de dépilage (22) pour l'alimenter en plateaux (C).Device according to one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that each secondary conveyor (21) is provided at its upstream end with a device unstacking (22) to supply it with trays (C).
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