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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2001
Jacobus Marie Van Den Goor, Nuenen, NL;
Vanderlande Industries Nederland B.V., Veghel, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a device and to a device for conveying loose objects from a supply station to a delivery station, wherein a conveyor is used by means of which trays containing objects can be moved. The conveyor includes at least one carrier for receiving said trays, which carrier can be moved in an intended direction of movement with the aid of driving means and which can be selectively pivoted about a pivot axis at at least one desired location. The object is either removed from the tray by pivoting the carrier about the respective pivot axis, whereby the object slides off the tray in a first direction, or the tray and the object are jointly removed from the carrier by moving the tray and the object in a second direction transversely to said first direction.