| 摘要 |
<p>An ice cream sandwich collating apparatus comprising a substantially horizontal accumulator platform (84); conveying means (12) for conveying the ice cream sandwiches along a first substantially horizontal axis onto the accumulator platform; detecting means (88) for detecting when a predetermined number of the conveyed ice cream sandwiches have accumulated on the accumulator platform; an elevator assembly (78) disposed adjacent the accumulator platform, the elevator assembly having a substantially horizontal elevator platform (104) that is movable along a substantially vertical axis; mounting means (82) disposed above the accumulator platform, the mounting means being movable along a second substantially horizontal axis between a beginning position and an ending position, the second horizontal axis being substantially transverse to the first horizontal axis; pushing means (90, 92) mounted to the mounting means for pushing the predetermined number of conveyed ice cream sandwiches from the accumulator platform onto the elevator platform when the mounting means moves forward from the beginning position to the ending position; and control means (52) for controlling the horizontal movement of the mounting means and the vertical movement of the elevator platform.</p> |
