FEED DEVICE FOR A SORTING UNIT, SORTING UNIT WITH SUCH A FEED DEVICE, A GRADING DEVICE AND DISTRIBUTION DEVICE

摘要

PCT No. PCT/FR96/00237 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 14, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 14, 1997 PCT Filed Feb. 14, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/26140 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 1996A feed device for a unit for sorting elongate items, particularly vegetables such as carrots, includes a slanted conveyor (23) with a plurality of freely rotatable transverse rollers (24) driven by two endless chains. The conveyor includes three longitudinal sections, i.e. a lower section (23a) having a device (30) for rotating the rollers (24) in the same direction as the forward direction of the conveyor (23), an intermediate section (23b) where the rollers (24) are freely rotatable, and an upper section (23c) having an element (33) for rotating the rollers (24) in the opposite direction to the forward direction of the conveyor. A unit for sorting elongate items is also disclosed.