Abstract:
An apparatus for transferring fruit products from a feeder conveyor to a receiving conveyor that is perpendicular thereto, the apparatus comprising a transfer device which comprises a supporting beam for a plurality of grip elements suitable to grip at least one row of equidistant products, means for moving the beam between a picking position, in which the elements grip at least one row of products at the output of the feeder conveyor, and a release position, in which the grip elements are aligned with the receiving conveyor, the beam, in the alignment position, being actuated with a motion that is equal to, and in step with, the receiving conveyor in order to allow to deposit onto the receiving conveyor, with zero relative speed, the row of picked products.