US 12,465,054 B2
System for conveying pasta
Patrick Rohrer, Henggart (CH); Mirjam Hugentobler, Oberuzwil (CH); and Simon Kast, Uzwil (CH)
Assigned to Bühler AG, Uzwil (CH)
Appl. No. 18/044,450
Filed by Bühler AG, Uzwil (CH)
PCT Filed Aug. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/073109
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/053286, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20195589 (EP), filed on Sep. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320366 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A21C 9/02 (2006.01); B65G 47/71 (2006.01); B65G 47/82 (2006.01)
CPC A21C 9/02 (2013.01) [B65G 47/71 (2013.01); B65G 47/82 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveying system for a plant for producing elongated pasta, the conveying system comprising a first conveyor unit and a second conveyor unit as well as a transfer unit for transferring conveyor elements from the first conveyor unit to the second conveyor unit, wherein the transfer unit comprises a first and a second rotatably mounted cam element, each with a gripping device, and a first and a second fixedly arranged guide element, each guide element having a surface section, wherein the first cam element and the first guide element are arranged relative to each other in such a way that a conveyor element taken over by the gripping device of the first cam element from the first conveyor unit can be moved by rotation of the first cam element along the surface section of the first guide element to a position where the conveyor element can be taken over by the second conveyor unit which is assigned to the first cam element, and the second cam element and the second guide element are arranged relative to each other in such a way that the conveyor element taken over by the gripping device of the second cam element from the first conveyor unit can be moved by rotation of the second cam element along the surface section of the second guide element to a position where the conveyor element can be taken over by an additional second conveyor unit which is assigned to the second cam element, and wherein the first and second cam elements as well as the first and second guide elements are arranged axially symmetrically around an axis through the first conveyor unit.