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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2006
Erik Van Wijngaarden, Hengelo, NL;
Wouter Van Den Berg, Voorburg, NL;
Erik van Wijngaarden, Hengelo, NL;
Wouter van den Berg, Voorburg, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for singulating substantially round products. The apparatus includes an endless feed conveyor belt on which the products are supplied in a conveying direction T, and a singulator conveyor comprising two sections V, V, forming a V-channel. The sections are located in substantially two planes which, each section is at an angle to a horizontal plane, which intersect along an intersecting line parallel to the conveying direction T. At least one additional endless belt B, B, . . . , B(n−1) is provided on one side of the two sections V, V. Each additional belt is to a side of the intersecting line and parallel to the one section, and is in substantially the same plane as the one section. The speed of the additional belt is greater than the speed of the one section V, Vbelt. Advantageously, the speed of belts situated further outwards is less, and the V-channels preferably have an angle curvature of 0° at the upstream end to, minimally, 5° at the downstream end.