Conveyer assembly for a produce packaging system

Details Conveyer assembly for a produce packaging system Conveyer assembly for a produce packaging system

2005-06-21

2005-06-21

Ridley, Richard (Department: 3651)

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items

By longitudinally respacing successive articles in stream

C053S473000, C198S465100, C198S842000, C198S631100

Reexamination Certificate

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06907981

ABSTRACT:
A conveyer assembly used as part of an automated packaging system is disclosed. The conveyer assembly allows the container filling process and produce leveling process to be combined as a single process station in an automated packaging system. The conveyer assembly includes a pair of elastic belts trained about two pulleys, four vibration isolation rollers, and a vibrator mechanism. The vibration isolation rollers are mounted to the frame structure and positioned at incrementally higher positions, which creates a slight incline to the conveyer belts over the first half of the conveyer run. The highest isolation roller, which is located at the center of the conveyer assembly, isolates the first half of the conveyer run from the vibrations generated by the vibrator mechanism. Consequently, the first half of the conveyer run where the produce is deposited into the containers is stable and free from vibration, which reduces the loss of produce due to spillage. The vibration mechanism only affects the second half of the conveyer run where the produce is leveled within the containers.

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