A conveying apparatus (1) for conveying food products, comprising: a conveyor (2) developing along a closed conveying path (3), said conveyor (2) comprising a first and second endless chain (4, 5) arranged parallel to each other: a plurality of containers (6) transversally mounted between said first and second endless chain (4, 5), each container (6) comprising: at least one cup-shaped receptacle (8) for a food product: a first pin (9) and a second pin (10) protruding respectively from opposite ends of the container (6); a plurality of pairs of supports (11, 12), each pair being formed by a first support (11) mounted on the first endless chain (4) and a second support (12) mounted on the second endless chain (5), each support (11, 12) having a bore (13) dimensioned and shaped for receiving one of said pins (9, 10), the first pin (9) and the second pin (10) of each container (6) being removably mounted within the bores (13) of one pair of supports (11, 12).

A stabilized carrier basket trolley for a transporter system, the trolley has two cars on the track, on a first side of a support plate and pivotable relative thereto. A distance between the cars changes during traversal of curves and a center of the trolley moves relative to the track towards the inside of a curve. A carrier basket is pivotably connected on the support plate and pivots about a pivot axis. The trolley includes a gear mechanism for actively compensating a moment acting on the carrier basket during traversal of curves that includes a drive wheel drivingly connected to a first gear rotatably mounted on the support plate, and a second gear, meshing with the first gear, non-rotatably connected to the carrier basket. The drive wheel comes into contact with a side of the track upon movement of the center of the trolley relative to the track.

An anti-fall mechanism and a lifting transport apparatus are disclosed. The anti-fall mechanism includes a conveying platform, a linkage, an elastic mechanism, a limit switch and a self-locking mechanism. The conveying platform is installed on a lifting belt. The linkage includes a first coupler, a second coupler and two rockers, where two ends of the first coupler are rotationally coupled to two ends of the second coupler, respectively, via the rockers. The elastic mechanism is arranged between the conveying platform and the lifting belt, where one end of the elastic mechanism is connected to the first coupler, and the other end of the elastic mechanism is pressed by the lifting belt. The limit switch is arranged on the second coupler. The self-locking mechanism is arranged on the conveying platform and capable of locking and securing the conveying platform to a frame of the lifting transport apparatus.

A vehicle-based, automated pizza-making system including a two-piece pizza pan conveyed between pizza-making components on a series of pan drive rails. The two-piece pizza pan can include a base and a removable ring for containing the unfinished pizza and toppings. The rails can include timing belts for conveying the two-piece pizza pan through the system with improved positional control and accuracy.

A transport system designed to transport buckets in a combination weighing machine that uses two endless chain drives horizontally offset at a distance A, the system comprising carriages to carry the buckets which extend between, and are joined to, the chains such that the simultaneous and coordinated motion of the chains moves the carriages along a closed path with curved sections, the system comprising control gears for the inclination of the carriages on the curved sections of the path, which comprise castor wheels actuated in a coordinated fashion with the chains around both turn axes n, at least one of which placed in the vicinity of each curved section linking the carriages and prepared to mesh with contact elements arranged for such purposes on the carriages.

A vertical circulating conveyor includes a lowering path part (3) and a raising path part (4) that connect end portions of a conveyance path part (1) and a return path part (2) vertically positioned in a linear arrangement. The lowering path part (3) includes front wheel lowering guide rails (8A) to guide front wheels (F) of a transport vehicle (5) and rear wheel lowering guide rails (8B) to guide rear wheels (R) of the transport vehicle (5). The transport vehicle (5) is moved in the lowering path part (3) by falling under its own weight in almost the horizontal state in a powerless manner while the front wheels (F) of the transport vehicle (5) are guided by the front wheel lowering guide rails (8A) and the rear wheels (R) of the transport vehicle (5) are guided by the rear wheel lowering guide rails (8B).

An anti-fall mechanism and a lifting transport apparatus are disclosed. The anti-fall mechanism includes a conveying platform, a linkage, an elastic mechanism, a limit switch and a self-locking mechanism. The conveying platform is installed on a lifting belt. The linkage includes a first coupler, a second coupler and two rockers, where two ends of the first coupler are rotationally coupled to two ends of the second coupler, respectively, via the rockers. The elastic mechanism is arranged between the conveying platform and the lifting belt, where one end of the elastic mechanism is connected to the first coupler, and the other end of the elastic mechanism is pressed by the lifting belt. The limit switch is arranged on the second coupler. The self-locking mechanism is arranged on the conveying platform and capable of locking and securing the conveying platform to a frame of the lifting transport apparatus.

A slicing apparatus for slicing food products into slices comprises a feeding unit configured to feed products along a feeding direction into a cutting region in which a blade for slicing the products into slices is arranged, wherein the feeding unit comprises a moving device that is configured to move the products into the cutting region, and wherein the moving device comprises a transporting member that is configured to apply a pressure onto an upper product side while the product is fed into the cutting region.

A vertical transmission equipment includes a base having a mount surface, a rail structure disposed on the mount surface, and a carrier movably disposed on the rail structure, the carrier includes a supporting surface, and the supporting surface of the carrier is perpendicular to the mount surface of the base.

A self-damping carrier basket pivot connection for a carrier basket transporter system having cars configured to travel along a pathway, at least some of which have a carrier basket pivotally connected thereto. The pivot connection includes a support connection configured for attachment a car. The support connection has at least three connection rollers that define a circular envelope and a mating connection configured to be attached to a back support of the carrier basket. The mating connection includes a housing with a part circular track that generally corresponds to or is larger than the circular envelope such that the rollers can be located within the part circular track. The part circular track includes at least one inwardly directed protrusion. The connection rollers engage in the part circular track such that the carrier basket is adapted to be pivotable by gravity so a product support surface of the carrier basket is maintained generally horizontal during movement of the carrier basket along the pathway, and the at least one inwardly directed protrusion provides an increased resistance to relative movement between the housing and a roller that contacts the protrusion.