A system and method are provided for processing a backhalve of a slaughtered poultry carcass, comprising a back portion and legs, and transported by a conveyor in a suspended manner. The system comprises a back turning device, having a stationary frame and a receiving element movably connected to the frame and configured to receive at least a part of the back portion and configured to be moved in the conveying direction with at least said part of the back portion received in the receiving element during continued movement of the backhalve so as to turn the back portion upside-down; and a separation device for separating the legs from the back portion with the back portion in said upside-down orientation.

A closed continuous conveyor for pallets has an upper run and a lower run, which respectively form an upper and a lower conveyor track with reversal sections in which deflecting elements are arranged, of which at least one is connected to and driven by an engine, with tension elements rotating endlessly in the upper and lower runs and in the reversal sections, which engage the deflecting elements in the reversal sections and are driven by them. At least one rotating pallet is carried by the tension elements. At least one closure element is fixed to the underside of the pallet and engages in the reversal section with a second form closure element or frictional closure element that rotates around a fixed axis of rotation. The closure element includes at least one elastic buffer component.

A closed continuous conveyor for pallets has an upper run and a lower run, which respectively form an upper and a lower conveyor track with reversal sections in which deflecting elements are arranged, of which at least one is connected to and driven by an engine, with tension elements rotating endlessly in the upper and lower runs and in the reversal sections, which engage the deflecting elements in the reversal sections and are driven by them. At least one rotating pallet is carried by the tension elements. At least one closure element is fixed to the underside of the pallet and engages in the reversal section with a second form closure element or frictional closure element that rotates around a fixed axis of rotation. The closure element includes at least one elastic buffer component.

A device for transporting objects: including at least two rotatably mounted wheels for driving and deflecting a conveyor belt, a closed conveyor belt and several cells for receiving the objects to be transported. The cells are connected to the conveyor belt such that their cell centers define a closed transport path. The conveyor belt is guided around the wheels in such a way that the transport path has an approximately circular section in the region of the wheels and an approximately straight section between the wheels. The device further includes an element for changing the curvature of the transport path in between at least one straight path section and at least one circular path section.

A transport bag for a conveying apparatus includes a first bag wall, a second bag wall, and a suspension apparatus arranged at an upper end of one of the bag walls. Closing elements, which can reversibly be coupled to each other, are arranged at a bottom end of the bag walls remote from the suspension apparatus, with which the bottom ends of the bag walls can be connected to each other to form a bag base. The closing elements are latching strips oriented in parallel with respect to each other and can be latched onto each other. The latching strips are formed in such a way that they are displaceable from a transport position closing the transport bag at the bottom end and latches them together by displacement relative to each other in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the latching strips into an unlatching position in which the latching strips are releasable from each other, for opening the transport bag at the bottom end.

Improved product handling and transfer apparatus includes rotatable product buckets for receiving product and re-orienting product for packaging in diverse configurations or containers. Buckets preferably include channels spanned by deposited product or receiving product therein, with bucket turning as appropriate to a packaging configuration. Flat bottom buckets and methods are disclosed.

Improved product handling and transfer apparatus includes rotatable product buckets for receiving product and re-orienting product for packaging in diverse configurations or containers. Buckets preferably include channels spanned by deposited product or receiving product therein, with bucket turning as appropriate to a packaging configuration. Flat bottom buckets and methods are disclosed.

The invention relates to a closed continuous conveyor (1) for pallets (20), with an upper run (2) and the lower run (3), which form an upper and a lower conveyor track (4, 5), with reversal sections (6) connected to each other with such two runs (2, 3), in which deflecting elements (7) are arranged, of which at least one is connected to an engine (8) and can be driven by it, with tension elements (9) rotating endlessly in the upper and lower runs (2, 3) and in the reversal sections (6), which are in engagement with the deflecting elements (7) in the reversal sections (6) and are driven by them, with at least one rotating pallet (20), which is carried by the tension elements (9) and rotates with this. In accordance with the invention, it is proposed that, at least one first form closure element or frictional closure element (30; 130; 230; 330) is fixed to the underside (22) of the pallet (20), which, in the at least one reversal section (6), comes into a form-locking or frictional-locking engagement with a second form closure element or frictional closure element (50; 250; 350) that is arranged there and rotates around a fixed axis of rotation (16), whereas the first and/or the second form closure element or frictional closure element (30; 130; 230; 330; 50; 250; 350) features an elastic buffer component (36; 36, 37; 58), which yields if the first and second form closure elements or frictional closure elements (30; 130; 230; 330; 50; 350) hit each other.

The invention relates to a closed continuous conveyor (1) for pallets (20), with an upper run (2) and the lower run (3), which form an upper and a lower conveyor track (4, 5), with reversal sections (6) connected to each other with such two runs (2, 3), in which deflecting elements (7) are arranged, of which at least one is connected to an engine (8) and can be driven by it, with tension elements (9) rotating endlessly in the upper and lower runs (2, 3) and in the reversal sections (6), which are in engagement with the deflecting elements (7) in the reversal sections (6) and are driven by them, with at least one rotating pallet (20), which is carried by the tension elements (9) and rotates with this. In accordance with the invention, it is proposed that, at least one first form closure element or frictional closure element (30; 130; 230; 330) is fixed to the underside (22) of the pallet (20), which, in the at least one reversal section (6), comes into a form-locking or frictional-locking engagement with a second form closure element or frictional closure element (50; 250; 350) that is arranged there and rotates around a fixed axis of rotation (16), whereas the first and/or the second form closure element or frictional closure element (30; 130; 230; 330; 50; 250; 350) features an elastic buffer component (36; 36, 37; 58), which yields if the first and second form closure elements or frictional closure elements (30; 130; 230; 330; 50; 350) hit each other.

An apparatus for arranging and transferring ammunition, includes a slope conveyor, which is configured into an endless track structure so as to lift cartridges placed on a transfer track thereof using magnetic force, a plurality of permanent magnets, which are arranged on the slope conveyor so as to create a magnetic field outside the transfer track, one or more hole sifters, which are disposed near an outer surface of the transfer track and which have cartridge passage holes formed at locations through which the plurality of permanent magnets pass, and magnetizing controllers including electromagnets, which are disposed above and under the hole sifters and are assigned to the plurality of permanent magnets, wherein the magnetizing controllers detect a position of the permanent magnet when the permanent magnet passes through the cartridge passage hole, and controls the electromagnets to create a magnetic field, having polarity, orientation and density at least one of which is controlled, above or under the hole sifters.