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A dosing apparatus for eggs or like substantially round or ellipsoid articles, comprising at least one endless conveyor having a conveying face above which guiding elements are disposed intended for ordering an unordered flow of articles into a number of ordered flows each having the width of one ar

A dosing apparatus for eggs or like substantially round or ellipsoid articles, comprising at least one endless conveyor having a conveying face above which guiding elements are disposed intended for ordering an unordered flow of articles into a number of ordered flows each having the width of one article, wherein a main surface of each of the guiding elements includes, with the conveying face part extending between the opposite guiding elements, an angle greater than 90.degree., enabling the articles to be gradually pushed upwards along the guiding elements, wherein at the inlet of the dosing apparatus, said dosing apparatus comprises one conveying channel and wherein, viewed in the conveying direction, the number of conveying channels doubles each time, so that at a discharge end of the dosing apparatus the width of the conveying channels at that location is such that, viewed in conveying direction, the articles can only travel therein in file.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A dosing apparatus for rounded articles comprising:an endless conveyor having a generally flat, substantially horizontal conveying surface extending from an inlet end to a discharge end, said endless conveyor comprising a pair of endless conveyors arranged one following the other;

[ We claim:] [1.] A dosing apparatus for rounded articles comprising:an endless conveyor having a generally flat, substantially horizontal conveying surface extending from an inlet end to a discharge end, said endless conveyor comprising a pair of endless conveyors arranged one following the other; anda plurality of guiding elements extending in the direction of travel of the endless conveyor and forming between them a plurality of channels,at least one first guiding element dividing the conveyor surface near the inlet end into a plurality of first channels downstream from the inlet end, and at least two second guiding elements dividing each of each first channels into a plurality of further channels downstream from the first channel, the sides of the first and second guiding elements forming an angle of greater than 90.degree. with the conveyor surface, the articles at the discharge end being confined to travel in a single file, the first conveyor extending under the inlet end and at least a portion of said first channels and the second conveyor extending under at least said further channels, the first conveyor being constructed to have a velocity less than that of the second conveyor.