DEVICE FOR CONVEYOR TRANSPORTATION OF PRODUCTS WITH SIMULTANEOUSLY SORTING THEM FOR PRESET PARAMETERS Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: materials handling facilities; transportation of fruit. SUBSTANCE: device has first conveyor with product loading zone furnished with large number of rollers freely mounted for rotation around axle resting on endless chain and arranged square to chain. Rollers are installed so that two rollers, one following the other, form nest for product. Rollers consist of parallel disks held at preset distance from each other square to axle of rotation. Second conveyor has large number of hangers hinge coupled with support resting on chain. hangers are held in transportation position by interlock system. Second conveyor arranged one over its maximum length along first conveyor forms first transportation zone in which conveyors are installed in parallel, side to side. Transportation hangers are made with concave upper surface to support fruits and are provided with central rod arranged crosswise relative to chain, pins installed perpendicularly at one and other side of control rod and arranged to provide fitting of roller disks between pins. Second conveyor is arranged at a distance from first conveyor, and conveyor transportation hangers are arranged so that each hanger gets between two rollers, hanger pins and disks. Rollers are fitted one into the other. Each hanger provides support for product laid initially between two rollers after pulling-in the rollers at their return to loading zone. Hanger interlock system engagement devices are provided for selective tipping of hangers for unloading the product delivered by hangers to unloading zone. EFFECT: provision of loading and unloading and weight of fruit without damage. 18 cl, 11 dwg