| 摘要 |
<p>A pattern former (100) for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns includes a vacuum turntable (112) comprising a perforated plate (132) which is driven by a belt (124) extending around the periphery of the vacuum turntable (112) and actuated by a motor (120). A first transfer apparatus (110) includes a pusher plate (182) which moves groups of wrapped bakery products onto the vacuum turntable (112) and which retracts to facilitate the formation of a subsequent group of wrapped bakery products as a previous group is being transferred to the vacuum turntable (112). A second transfer apparatus (116) includes a pusher plate (150) which moves assembled patterns of wrapped bakery products from the vacuum turntable (112) into bakery trays (T) and which is retractable to facilitate the assembly of a subsequent pattern of wrapped bakery products as a previous pattern is being transferred to a bakery tray (T).</p> |
