DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING A SORTING UNIT OF LONGIFORM PRODUCTS, SUCH AS CARROTS, SORTING UNIT COMPRISING SAME, AND DISPENSING AND CALIBRATING DEVICE FOR THIS SORTING UNIT.

摘要

A feed device for a unit for sorting elongate items, particularly vegetables such as carrots, comprising a slanted conveyor (23) with a plurality of freely rotatable transverse rollers (24) driven by two endless chains. Said conveyor includes three longitudinal sections, i.e. a lower section (23a) having means (30) for rotating the rollers (24) in the same direction as the forward direction of the conveyor (23), an intermediate section (23b) where the rollers (24) are freely rotatable, and an upper section (23c) having means (33) for rotating the rollers (24) in the opposite direction to the forward direction of the conveyor. A unit for sorting elongate items is also disclosed.