Abstract: The conveying and off-loading apparatus, used in machines for the automatic selection and distribution of products, comprises a conveyor for transporting individual products from examination stations to discharge stations along a path, including an elongate flexible closed-loop belt and a plurality of rollers distributed on the conveyor. The rollers have axes extending transversely to the longitudinal extension of the conveyor, and adjacent rollers define between one another elongated holders for individual products. Forks rotatably support the rollers on the chain and are adapted to allow small vertical oscillations of the rollers, as the weight of the product and its holder is lifted from the chain and transferred to a level section of the ramp associated with a weighing device at an examination station. The forks are mounted along the chain and oscillate about an axis parallel to the path. The rollers are selectively tiltable for off-loading a product from the conveyor at one of the discharge stations.

Abstract: The machine comprises a tower, driven horizontally along two rails, on either side whereof loading and unloading stations are located. The tower carries pairs of guides, adapted for supporting lateral side members, movable in vertical and horizontal directions with respect to the tower. The lateral side members have at their bottom ends supporting members adapted for supporting the bin bases. The movable members of the machine being operatively linked to sensors effective to sense the presence of bins at the stations and to a selector unit for selecting the loading and unloading stations.