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Food product separating and aligning apparatus

US10370196B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 2018
Grant dateAug 6, 2019
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2201/0202
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A food patty aligning and separating apparatus with a conveyor belt having horizontal cleats extending through a hopper beneath patties. Dividers extend longitudinally through the hopper to form lanes. The conveyor belt's cleats urge patties along lanes up a vertical span of the conveyor, thereby aligning the patties horizontally in a line. The patties pass over a peak and slide down a curved plate to distance the aligned group of patties from a next upstream group of patties. Guide members are spaced from the conveyor belt on hopper side to shear combined patties or pivot outward and cause combined patties to roll back into the hopper.

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