公开(公告)号：US11691821B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US17698101

申请日：2022-03-18

Applicant: FLEXY SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA CON SIGLIA FLEXY S.R.L.

Inventor： Luca Finco

IPC: B65G17/06 ,  A01K31/16 ,  B65G23/36 ,  B65G43/00

CPC classification number: B65G17/061 ,  A01K31/165 ,  B65G17/063 ,  B65G23/36 ,  B65G43/00 ,  B65G2201/0208 ,  B65G2811/095

Abstract: An egg conveyor for a poultry plant



includes a chain of the closed-loop type with bars, for conveying eggs from one or more laying hen sheds to a collection location,
assemblies for traction along the chain which are provided with a motor drive component, and
a control unit for synchronization of the traction assemblies. The motor drive components each include at least one gearmotor provided at least with a corresponding servomotor.
The method for synchronization of traction assemblies in the conveyor includes the following steps:

detecting continuously and instantaneously the angular position and the number of bars at each traction assembly, and
calculating continuously and instantaneously the average of all the torques at the traction assemblies and, if the number of bars is different from a set number, correcting the speed of each servomotor to obtain a constant torque on each traction assembly, which corresponds to the average.