Device and Method for Portioning a Flow of Individual Products

摘要

According to the invention a device and a method for portioning a flow of individual products is provided, said device and method having the following device features and method steps: at least one input-side conveying device for continuously supplying individual products in one plane; at least two output-side conveying devices for continuously discharging the products in one respective plane, wherein the planes which are respectively assigned to the output-side conveying devices are arranged substantially vertically above one another; wherein the input-side conveying device transfers the products to a first of the at least two output-side conveying devices during a first time period, continuously or in batches; wherein the input-side conveying device and/or the output-side conveying devices are able to be adjusted, in particular pivoted, in their position, such that the input-side conveying device transfers the products to a further conveying device of the at least two output-side conveying devices during a second time period which follows the first time period, continuously or in batches; and wherein the input-side conveying device and the output-side conveying devices, in particular as circulating conveyor belts, in each case comprise conveying means, in particular in the form of front and/or rear ends which are movable in the direction of conveyance, which cooperate so that during the phase of adjusting the position of the input-side conveying device and/or the output-side conveying devices, the products on the input-side conveying device may be supplied continuously and substantially at uniform spacings from one another.

主权项

1. A device for portioning a flow of individual products, characterized by the following features:
at least one input-side conveying device for continuously supplying individual products in a first plane of conveyance; at least two output-side conveying devices for continuously discharging the products in at least a second plane of conveyance and a third plane of conveyance, respectively, wherein the second and third planes which are respectively assigned to the output-side conveying devices are arranged substantially vertically above one another; wherein one of the at least one input-side conveying device transfers the products to a first of the at least two output-side conveying devices during a first time period, continuously or in batches; wherein at least one of the input-side conveying device and the output-side conveying devices are adjustable in their respective positions such that the input-side conveying device transfers the products to a second of the at least two output-side conveying devices during a second time period which follows the first time period, continuously or in batches; and wherein the at least one input-side conveying device and the at least two output-side conveying devices in each case comprise conveying means which cooperate so that during the phase of adjusting the position of the at least one of the input-side conveying device and the output-side conveying devices, the products on the input-side conveying device may be supplied continuously a and substantially at uniform spacings from one another.