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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Erik Van Wijngaarden, Hengelo, NL;
Tom Delfos, Delft, NL;
Erik van Wijngaarden, Hengelo, NL;
Tom Delfos, Delft, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for singulating products, such as apples, which, floating along in water in a channel in the transport direction, are supplied and, after singulation in the water, are thereupon fed out of the water to a transport device, for instance a roller conveyor. The apparatus includes a submerging device for submerging products supplied in the channel, a singulating channel, of a width equal to the singulating width, intended for collecting the products released after submersion, in a continuous row, and a releasing device for releasing the products after the submersion and for thereupon feeding the products to the singulating channel. With such an apparatus, a high degree of filling for the following transport device, generally functioning as a first part of a sorting device, can be obtained.