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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2000
Wilhelmus Johannes Everardus Maria Van De Dungen, Veghel, NL;
Gerardus Frederikus Jozef Leenen, Bergen, NL;
Townsend Engineering Company, Des Moines, IA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a transporting device for transporting food products to be processed. The transporting device includes at least one advancing element for advancing carriers of food products for processing that are fixed to the advancing element along a route extending through a processing space and a guide for guiding the carriers along at least a part of the route. The device may also include a carrier having mesh arranged on its side that extends traversely in the direction of movement and having guide elements. The device may further include two transporting devices for transporting food products for processing and a collective transfer device for coupling the two transporting devices together.