US 11,931,914 B2
System for picking up, conveying, and delivering a product, and method of controlling such system
Martin Bergmann, Hösbach (DE)
Assigned to POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & CO. KG, Hattersheim (DE)
Appl. No. 17/416,374
Filed by POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & CO. KG, Hattersheim (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/086082
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/127575, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018132907.5 (DE), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072730 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B26D 7/06 (2006.01); A22C 7/00 (2006.01); A22C 17/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC B26D 7/0641 (2013.01) [A22C 7/003 (2013.01); A22C 17/0093 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 11/0045 (2013.01); B25J 15/0253 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B26D 7/0633 (2013.01); B26D 7/0683 (2013.01); B26D 2210/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a foodstuff portioning machine which has at least one magazine tube;
a transporting apparatus for conveying a strand-like foodstuff product;
a gripping device for picking up the foodstuff product from the transporting apparatus and for delivering the foodstuff product to the magazine tube;
a handling device on which the gripping device may be detachably fastened;
wherein the transporting apparatus further has a transporting portion on which the foodstuff product to be picked up by the gripping device may be positioned in a pick-up position so that the foodstuff product may be picked up by the gripping device, and
a control unit is connected at least to the handling device, the gripping device (100), and the transporting apparatus;
wherein the control unit is configured to detect when the foodstuff product to be picked up has reached the pick-up position.