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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1992
Bjorn H Pedersen, Randers, DK;
Scanvaegt A/S, Arhus, DK;
Abstract
In particular in the food industry it is needed to provide a regular stream of in themselves irregular pieces, e.g. for weighing and packing, from a store of partly congealed deep frozen food. According to the invention the randomly discharged pieces from the store are delivered to the central area of a revolving table, immediately above which there is disposed an essentially stationary spiral-shaped body which due to the rotation of the table conducts the pieces outwards, thereby increasing their mutual distance, in order for them to be discharged in a single file to a conveyor. The spiral-shaped body is supported and driven to perform a horizontal shaking movement whereby disintegrating congealed lumps of food, so that their constituent parts may equally be distributed evenly along the spiral track. In case the pieces at full capacity are discharged without mutual separation such a separation may be obtained by discharging them to a conveyor having a speed which is faster than the peripheral speed of the rotating table.