公开(公告)号：US20130092510A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-18

申请号：US13693806

申请日：2012-12-04

申请人： F.R. DRAKE COMPANY

发明人： Colin R. HART ,  Paul J. JOYNT ,  David W. BRANER ,  Joshua W. HIGGINS ,  David W. ALEXANDER

IPC分类号： B65G47/52

CPC分类号： B65G47/52 ,  B65G47/5127

摘要： A loading head for use with food articles has a main conveyor adapted to convey a plurality of food articles, an indexing conveyor positioned beneath the main conveyor, and a transfer member positioned between the main conveyor and the indexing conveyor. The transfer member is adapted to transfer each food article from the main conveyor to the indexing conveyor. A buffering mechanism is adapted to move the transfer member between a first position and a variable second position. A pusher mechanism is associated with the indexing conveyor to raise and lower gates from an open position permitting food article transfer to a closed position prohibiting food article transfer. The pusher mechanism includes a cam operably associated with the gates to open and close the gates.