US3592327A - Device for orienting eggs and bringing them with the narrow end downwards into transport means having receiving pockets - Google Patents

Device for orienting eggs and bringing them with the narrow end downwards into transport means having receiving pockets Download PDF

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US3592327A
US3592327A US832401A US3592327DA US3592327A US 3592327 A US3592327 A US 3592327A US 832401 A US832401 A US 832401A US 3592327D A US3592327D A US 3592327DA US 3592327 A US3592327 A US 3592327A
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Heinrich Koch
Kurt Hermsmeier
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the invention relates to a device in which eggs are conveyed on a conveyor having a plurality of parallel rollers, all rotating in the same direction to a transport means having receiving pockets. Each egg is carried by two rollers and moves laterally to the conveying direction in the direction of its narrow end until it comes up against a lateral defining wall.
  • the eggs are thus lined up according to the position of the narrow end and the air chamber endv Guide tongues are provided to reorient the eggs as they pass over a conveyor deflection roller so that they turn with their narrow ends pointing downwardly into the receiving pockets of the transportmeans.
  • the oldest known method makes use of a vertical shaft formed from two converging plates in which the egg to be oriented, being held at its largest periphery. slides downwards in such a way that the narrow end in this case tilts downwards by reason of the position of the center of gravity. Then the egg is liberated by mechanical widening of the plate spacing and drops into the receiving pocket in the desired position. In practice however this action does not always proceed satisfactorily, on account of unavoidable effects of friction influences or other troublesome forces, so that there is no guarantee of a reliable manner ofoperation.
  • a device for orienting eggs and introducing them with their narrow ends pointing downwards into transport means having receiving pockets comprising an endless conveyor having a plurality of parallel rollers rotating in the same direction when in the conveying path of said conveyor, each egg being supported by two of said rollers, lateral defining walls extending in the conveying direction above said rollers against which the narrow ends of the eggs engage as a result of lateral movement of the eggs relative to the conveying direction, a forward deflecting roller for said conveyor to which said eggs, oriented in rows according to the position of their narrow ends and their air chamber ends, are guided by said defining walls and at which said eggs are transferred from said conveyor to said transport means, elastic guide tongues situated in the region of said deflecting roller.
  • FIG. I shows a plan view of a device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a diagrammatic lateral elevation of the device of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 shows a cross section, represented without eggs, along the line AB in FIG. 2, and
  • FIG. 4 shows a partial elevation, reproducing the operational condition with eggs, of the cross section shown in FIG. 3.
  • the device shown therein com prises an endless conveyor I which is composed mainly of parallel rollers 2 which are rotatably connected at their ends with the chains 3.
  • Stationary tracks 4 are provided in the upper run of the conveyor I. on which tracks the rollers 2 roll in the clockwise direction during their forward movement.
  • eggs 6 are supplied to this conveyor I by way of chutes 5, which eggs come to lie on the conveyor each being supported by two rollers 2.
  • the eggs 6 then travel in the direction of their narrow ends until they come into contact with the lateral defining walls 8 extending above the rollers 2 in the conveying direction 7.
  • firstly orientation of the eggs 6 is effected in rows according to the position of the narrow end and the air chamber end, whereupon they are fed to the forward deflecting roller 9 of the conveyor.
  • transference of the eggs 6 to the receiving pockets I0 of the adjoining transport means II is to proceed in such a manner that the eggs 6 assume a position in the receiving pockets 10 where their narrow ends point downwards.
  • This is achieved in the main by means of elastic guide tongues 14 clamped only at their upper edges in retainers [2 on the transverse bar I3, which tongues are situated transversely in the region of and transversely to the deflecting roller 9 of the conveyor I.
  • FIGS. 1. 2 and 4 show the guide tongues I4 in the rest position.
  • FIGS. I and 4 especially show clearly what effects the guide tongues 14. produced from sheet metal or synthetic plastics material, have upon the eggs 6.
  • the eggs 6 contacted by the guide tongues 14 at the air chamber end are pivoted with the narrow end forwards by means of the rollers 2 which continue to move onwards, while the inwardly bent lower ends of the defining walls 6 guide their narrow ends into the receiving pockets 10.
  • the eggs 6, which are mostly somewhat wider in cross section. then press the guide tongue 14 aside by the necessary amount and finally slide between it and the corresponding defining wall 8 into the receiving pocket 10 intended for them, without in this action being subjected to any mechanical stressing whatever.
  • the lower edges of the defining walls 8 are bent towards the guide tongues as shown.
  • the width of the orienting passages I5 formed by the individual defining walls 8 is most ex pediently equal to twice the distance of the guide tongues I4 from the defining walls 8, so that the guide tongues 14 divide the orienting passages 15 centrally and become effective for the eggs 6 arriving on both sides thereof.
  • all receiving pockets of the transport means II always fill up without forming gaps, which constitutes the prerequisite for continuous operation.
  • the transport means I] receiving the eggs 6 after orientation consists. in the example as described, of the receiving pockets I0 arranged in rows which are mounted. suitably secured for displacement on constantly circulating transverse rods 16 Moreover they are subject to the influence of longitudinal guides 17 which reduce the distance between them in the manner visible from the drawing by such an amount that the subsequent removal of the eggs 6 by means ofa suction head is rendered possible. Likewise however, in modification of the device as reproduced, it is also readily conceivable to replace the transport means I] as shown here by packaging containers lying on a conveyor belt, which thus could directly receive the eggs 6 delivered by the conveyor 1.
  • a device for orienting eggs and introducing them with their narrow ends pointing downwards into transport means having receiving pockets comprising an endless conveyor having a plurality of parallel :o!!::s rotating in the same direction when in the conveying path of said conveyor, each egg being supported by two of said rollers, lateral defining walls extending in the conveying direction above said rollers against which the narrow ends of the eggs engage as a result of lateral move ment of the eggs relative to the conveying direction, a forward deflecting roller for said conveyor to which said eggs, oriented in rows according to the position of their narrow ends and their air chamber ends, are guided by said defining walls and at which said eggs are transferred from said conveyor to said transport means.
  • said defining walls include downwardly terminating ends bent towards said guide tongues so as to guide the narrow ends of the downwardly sliding eggs passing over the said deflecting roller into said receiving pocketsv

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CN109592374A (zh) * 2018-12-01 2019-04-09 淄博天型食品机械有限公司 鸡蛋输送装置的导向机构

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