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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Oosterblokker, NL;
Jozef Walter Maria Hopman, Huizen, NL;
Wouter Balk, Baambrugge, NL;
Johannes Wilhelmus Broers, Oosterblokker, NL;
Jozef Walter Maria Hopman, Huizen, NL;
Wouter Balk, Baambrugge, NL;
Specialty Conveyor B.V., Zwaag, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for buffering products comprises at least three buffer conveyors arranged in series, which can be driven independently of each other, a first buffer conveyor which can be connected to supply device for supplying products and a last buffer conveyor which can be connected to discharge device for discharging the products, wherein the buffer conveyors are so arranged that each of the products follows the same conveying path and that at least one of the buffer conveyors comprises a spiral path.