Abstract: A device for transferring product transported by an endless conveyor onto a receiving surface, the device includes two endless flexible members which each carry at least one pusher member for controlling the movement of product along the conveyor, sensors for sensing the arrival and the departure of product at the conveyor and the receiving surface, the sensors being connected with a control apparatus which is capable of independently actuating a drive mechanism, associated with each of the flexible members, so that the flexible members can be actuated independently to control the product transfer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 27, 1988
Date of Patent:
June 19, 1990
Assignee:
SAPAL--Societe Anonyme des Plieusus Automatiques