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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Willem van Veldhuisen, Lunteren, NL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1984761 ; 1984632 ; 198449 ; 198433 ; 19837702 ; 1984741 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring substantially round, fragile articles, such as for instance eggs, from a first conveyor to a second conveyor or vice versa, characterized in that the transfer takes place by means of a swivel lever according to a flowing path of movement, wherein in the starting point or end point respectively of the path of movement, the velocity and direction of movement of the article to be transferred correspond to the velocity and direction of movement of the first conveyor and wherein the velocity and direction of movement of the article in a transfer track correspond to those of the second conveyor.