Patents Assigned to Spang & Brands Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co.
  • Patent number: 5050370
    Abstract: A device is provided for packing elongated products, e.g. carrots, in weighed quantities which comprises a weighing station (10) with a plurality of scales (12) arranged parallel to one another and including weighed-products containers (14). The weighed products drop through a series of swiveling feed hoppers (16) and selectively through one or the other of two separate series of guiding chutes (18, 20) onto one of two conveyor belts (22, 24) each associated with a respective one of the series of chutes. In order to avoid damage to the products and to accelerate the discharge thereof onto the conveyor belts (22, 24) in the direction of movement of the conveyor belts, intermediate baffles of each series of guiding chutes are curved or bent in such a manner that the elongated products are deflected while maintaining an essentially parallel alignment in the direction of movement of the relevant conveyor belt (22, 24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Spang & Brands Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Wolfgang Stederoth