The University of Salford

Darwin Gordon Caldwell

Steven Thomas Davis

A Bernoulli Effect pick-up device () for the handling of products () comprises a surface () adapted such that gaseous fluid flow across said surface () provides a pick-up force to be generated, by the Bernoulli Effect, in a direction towards said surface (), and a conduit () for the supply of the gaseous fluid. The conduit () has an outlet opening () at the surface () and is adapted to supply gaseous fluid in a direction opposed to the pick-up direction. The outlet () of the conduit () is associated with a deflector () for directing gaseous fluid across the surface () and preventing direct impingement of the fluid on a product () that has been picked-up by the device (). The product () may for example be a slice of a foodstuff, e.g. tomato or hard-boiled egg.

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Hawkshaw, United Kingdom

Darwin Gordon Caldwell