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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2010
Andreas Biggel, Hergatz, DE;
Stefan Hofer, Isny, DE;
Andreas Biggel, Hergatz, DE;
Stefan Hofer, Isny, DE;
Hochland SE, Heimenkirch, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device for generation formatted total packagescomprising a defined number of adjoining equally sized individual piecesformed in particular of a food product, whereby the individual piecesare transported along the conveyor lines laying on conveyor belts, Whereby the individual pieceson a first conveyor belt Bare supplied at a mutual distance and at a speed Vto a second conveyor belt B, B, which forms a buffer line and which adjoins the first conveyor belt Bin transport direction, whereby the individual piecesat the beginning of the second conveyor belt B, Bare accumulated to a buffer stackof adjoining individual pieces, whereby the buffer stackis transported on the second conveyor belt B, Bat the speed Vwhich is lower than V, whereby at the end of the second conveyor belt B, Btotal packagesare separated from the buffer stackby means of a discharging conveyor belt Bwhich, during the process of separating from the buffer stack, has a speed Vthat is higher than V, and whereby transitionsare located between the conveyor belts B, B, B, Bwhich, during the process of accumulating and/or separating of the individual pieces, are displaced in relation to the transport direction A.