CONVEYING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING, TRANSFERRING AND STAGING FOOD PRODUCTS

摘要

A conveying system (10) for transporting a food product (12) from an oven to a loading or packaging machine includes a transport conveyor system that has an input conveying belt (30) and an output conveying belt (32) that is parallel, driven at different speeds, and operatively mounted to a frame (18) for transporting a food product. A plurality of displacement members (40) are secured to the frame and positioned adjacent the input conveying belt. A sensor (50) is located adjacent to a first end (42) of the frame and adjacent to the input conveyor. Connected to the drives (34, 36), the displacement members, and the sensor is a controller (20). The controller activates a selected displacement member based upon a sensed position of the food product as compared to a determined theoretical position (54) of the food product to move the food product from the input belt to the output belt.