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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2007
Leonardus Crezee, Sneirewaard, NL;
Leonardus Crezee, Sneirewaard, NL;
FPS Food Processing Systems B.V., Nootdorp, NL;
Abstract
A system for sorting and packaging products, chosen from the group consisting of eggs and fruit (), the system comprising: —a sorting machine with at least one single sorting track () with carriers; —at least one sensor for determining at least one characteristic of each product (); —the control being adapted to classify a said product in accordance with the at least one characteristic; —a plurality of packaging conveyors () for supplying and discharging packaging units, such as boxes, crates or trays, crossing the sorting track and extending above the sorting track; —wherein adjacent each packaging conveyor a transferring device () is provided at the level of or higher than the packaging conveyor, arranged for taking over a said product from a carrier and for placing the product from above into a packaging unit () on the corresponding packaging conveyor.