ARTICLE UNIFORMING CONVEYOR, UNIFORMING AND ACCUMULATING METHOD FOR NON-UNIFORM SIZE PRODUCT, WRAPPED ARTICLE UNIFORMING CONVEYOR, WRAPPED ARTICLE REMOVING METHOD AND WRAPPED ARTICLE CARRYING METHOD AND DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for receiving products including laterally aligned products supplied in at-random order and rearranging the products in a longitudinally lined and uniformed stream. SOLUTION: First carriage surfaces 24a, 24b serve to carry products in a longitudinal direction from receiving portions 16a, 18b, 18 to release portions 22a, 22c. A recirculation head 34 removes laterally aligned products from the downstream side of a first carriage face to the upstream side of the first carriage face. The recirculation head 34 consists of a scraping conveyor 36 having a second carriage face for moving the laterally aligned products from the first carriage face farther to the lateral direction, a coupling conveyor having a third carriage face for moving the products from the second carriage face to the upstream side and a return conveyor 38 having a fourth face for moving the products from the third carriage face to the first carriage face. The respective carriage faces include the upper faces of a plurality of driven rollers or travelling belts. A group of products are recirculated around the recirculation head 34 and the first carriage face.