US 12,214,963 B2
Fruit and vegetable conveyor machine
Irene Soler León, Valencia (ES); and Juan Diego Díaz López, Valencia (ES)
Assigned to Iczia Engineering S.L., Valencia (ES)
Appl. No. 18/252,444
Filed by ICZIA ENGINEERING S.L., Valencia (ES)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/ES2021/070802
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/101532, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. P202031134 (ES), filed on Nov. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025649 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 15/14 (2006.01); B65G 17/24 (2006.01); B65G 17/44 (2006.01); B65G 21/22 (2006.01); B65G 37/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/244 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 15/14 (2013.01) [B65G 17/24 (2013.01); B65G 17/44 (2013.01); B65G 21/22 (2013.01); B65G 47/2445 (2013.01); B65G 37/005 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0211 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fruit and vegetable conveyor machine having an alignment area and an area for inspection, said machine comprising:
at least one traction cable;
at least two crown wheels with slots, wherein a traction cable defining a circuit along which the traction cable travels is arranged on the crown wheels;
a plurality of rotating elements, wherein each rotating element is associated with a stud bolt going through same to facilitate rotation of the rotating element on the stud bolt;
a plurality of connection elements, with each connection element having a perforation, a notch, and a channel perpendicular to the perforation, wherein the connection elements are suspended on the traction cable through the perforations, with each connection element being associated with the channel of a rotating element by the stud bolt; and
a mechanised rail arranged along one side of the circuit, wherein the mechanised rail is in the form of a clamp internally having projections and a friction belt, such that the notches of the mechanised rail and the rotating elements rest on the friction belt to facilitate the rotation on themselves,
wherein each pair of crown wheels turns, defining a conveying speed of the rotating elements suspended on the traction cables, and wherein the alignment area has at least two belts in movement with each one being opposite-facing, forming a V, with a movement speed of the belts being less than the conveying speed of the rotating elements.