AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORT AND CONTROLLED DISCHARGE OF PRODUCTS

摘要

An apparatus (1) for transport and controlled discharge of products (2) comprises a frame which is provided with a guide (7), a transport unit (3) including a support tray (4) for supporting a product and driving means for transporting the transport unit with respect to the frame at a transport speed in a transporting direction (x). The transport unit is provided with a pushing member (6) which is displaceable with respect to the support tray transversely with respect to the transporting direction for pushing a product from the support tray. The pushing member is provided with a pushing portion (10) that pushes against a product on the support tray under operating conditions and an actuator (8) which is guidable along said guide such that under operating conditions the pushing portion is displaced with respect to the support tray upon moving the transport unit in the transporting direction when the actuator contacts the guide. The apparatus is adapted such that the pushing portion is resiliently (13) connected to the frame when the actuator contacts the guide under operating conditions. The damping factor of said connection has such a low value that the process of compression and expansion of the resiliency at least partly occurs within a period of contact of the actuator and the guide.