Method and apparatus for packaging of aubergines and other vulnerable vegetables and/or fruits

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EP 1 705 121 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.06.2014 Bulletin 2014/26

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	27.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/39

(21)	Application number: 06075724.2

(22)	Date of filing: 24.03.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B65B 25/04^(2006.01)
B07C 5/38^(2006.01)

B65B 67/02^(2006.01)
B07C 5/16^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK YU

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Priority:

24.03.2005 NL 1028620

(71)	Applicant: De Greef's Wagen-, Carrosserie- en Machinebouw B.V.
	4196 JB Tricht (NL)

(72)	Inventor:
	De Greef, Jacob Hendrik 4181 BM Waardenburg (NL)

(74)	Representative: Land, Addick Adrianus Gosling et al
	Arnold & Siedsma Sweelinckplein 1 2517 GK Den Haag 2517 GK Den Haag (NL)

(54)	Method and apparatus for packaging of aubergines and other vulnerable vegetables and/or fruits

(57) The present invention provides a method for packaging aubergines and other vulnerable vegetables and/or fruit, comprising the following steps of:
-placing the aubergines in transport means;
-measuring the weight and/or visual characteristics of each aubergine in the transport means;
-allocating the products to a number of offloading stations and sorting the aubergines into a predetermined number of classes;
-offloading the aubergines from the transport means at the relevant offloading station onto a packaging unit positioned at the offloading station;
-filling the packaging unit up to a predetermined total weight; and
-re-packing the aubergines from the packaging unit to the final package at a removal location coupled to the offloading station.

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