| 摘要 |
An apparatus for receiving a stream of distributed articles (100), such as food items, deposited in rows of like position. A slide mechanism (11) is used to retard the motion of the items as they drop off an infeed section and is selectively movable between a slide position and a flip position. In the slide position, the item drops off the edge of an infeed belt (10) and slides across the primary slide surface (11A) and onto a second slide mechanism (12) having a secondary slide surface (12A) positioned to be in substantially the same plane as the primary slide surface (11A). The slide mechanism is moved into the flip position for every other row of items. The items slide down a reverse slide surface (12B) of the second slide mechanism thus flipping the items 180 degrees from its original orientation. A fist row of items is flipped and held on a transport mechanism (20) by a gate (50) while a second row of items is allowed to slide directly onto the transport mechanism (20) at a position in front of the first row.
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