Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for sorting elongate produce comprising a drum constituted by longitudinal grids, stationary and movable bars of which are mounted transversally to the longitudinal axis of the drum, the movable bars of each grid being kept in a fixed position one with respect to the other at constant and identical distances through a frame which is able to be moved relative to the stationary bars in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drum.

Abstract: A system for automatically filling cans with elongated products, comprising a chamber for filling an empty can and located above the can in a stationary filling position and a device for projecting successive groups of parallel elongated products through a side opening of the chamber as the filling chamber is moving downwards, the invention being in particular applicable to the filling of cans with French beans or carrots.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and a device for the treatment of an elongated agricultural produce, such as vegetables, this device comprising an inner drum coaxial with the treatment drum and rotatably solid with the latter, the inner drum being provided with at least one strip which is wound in an helicoidal manner around its axis like at least one screw thread and with radial walls extending in a parallel direction to the longitudinal axis of the drum while being angularly spaced from one another so as to delimit, with the turns of the helicoidal strip, compartments for receiving and transporting the treated produce.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for processing a flow of solid products with a counter-current flow of liquid to achieve for example a heat exchange comprising a drum rotating about its longitudinal axis, an endless screw or helix arranged within the drum and solid in rotation therewith, and defining sections, in each section is arranged a vane element which is secured to the face of the drum between two adjacent turns of the helix to impede progression of the products in the drum, and perforations or grids provided in the portion of the helix turn which is located upstream of the vane with respect to the direction of progression of the products in the drum, and above and upstream of the face of the vane, this invention being used more particularly in the food industry.

Abstract: An adjustment assembly is provided for a sorting machine for elongate articles, e.g. string beans, for adjusting the inter-bar spacing between the alternating fixed and movable bars of the rotary drum thereof, and is operative when the parts of the sorting machine are in motion. The movable bars are mounted for displacement in radial slots in peaked elements extending outwardly of the drum. Springs are run around pulleys mounted on the movable bars for urging the movable bars toward a limit position in their slots. An inclined cam member is associated with each movable bar and has a camming surface cooperating with a cam followers slidably mounted on its movable bar. Forked slide control members control the sliding of the cam followers along their movable bars and are received in grooves of pairs of adjacent cam followers. All the slide control members are moved in unison by an adjustment ring mounted independent of the rotary drum and parallel to the axis thereof.