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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
Sanovo Technology Netherlands B.v., Aalten, NL;
Jan Hordijk, Aalten, NL;
Edwin Lambertus Maria Papen, Vorden, NL;
SANOVO TECHNOLOGY NETHERLANDS B.V., Aalten, NL;
Abstract
An egg conveyor assembly is provided herein. The egg conveyor assembly includes a first conveyor extending in a first conveyor direction on a first height level, a second conveyor extending in a second conveyor direction perpendicular to the first height level. A transfer device adapted to transfer eggs from the first to the second conveyor includes an array of egg retainers. The egg retainers include pockets having a receiving opening at an upper end thereof to receive the eggs from above from the first conveyor, and are adapted to release the eggs at a lower end to drop the eggs in egg retainers of the second conveyor. The transfer device is movable in the first conveyor direction and in the second conveyor direction in a plane on a height level between the first height level and second height level.