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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Anthony Accettura, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Anthony Accettura, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
FPS Food Processing Systems, B.V., Nootdorp, NL;
Abstract
A conveying and orienting system for handling eggs including a main conveyor for supporting thereupon a plurality of eggs and for segregating the same into individual file lines prior to delivery to a spool bar conveyor for subsequent egg handling operations. One or more return conveyors are positioned alongside the main conveyor and communicate with the main conveyor at first and second end locations. A control mechanism independently adjusts a travel speed of at least one of the main and return conveyors, this in order to redirect, along the return conveyors for reintroduction onto upstream locations of the main conveyor, a plurality of eggs which exceed of the present handling capabilities of the individual segregating lanes and spool bar.