摘要 |
Holes are removed from nested product patterns by conveying products on a conveyance mechanism ( 12 ) through an infeed section ( 14 ) in nested pattern streams (a 1, a 2, b 1, b 2 ), into a narrowing section ( 24 ) of a width less than one and one half the product diameter. After the narrowing section ( 24 ), the product streams (a 11, a 21, b 11, b 21 ) enter into an expansion section ( 44 ) where products move into a side-by-side product stream (a 12, a 22, b 12, b 22 ). Thereafter, nested product streams (a 13, a 23, b 13, b 23 ) are formed, which can be combined to form nested product streams (A, B) which can be further processed as desired.
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