Conveyor loading system
US3941234A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 1974 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/846
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for loading a continuously moving conveyor belt comprises a slicer for producing bacon strips from a bacon slab, a conveyor for conveying bacon strips from the slicer, and a transfer station for transferring bacon strips from a serial arrangement on the conveyor to a side-by-side arrangement of spaced transverse rows on the continuously moving conveyor belt. A novel control system is provided to coordinate the operation of the slicer and the transfer station to obtain a continuous and uniform loading of the conveyor belt and to avoid the production of partial or deformed bacon strips by the slicer. The loading system is particularly well adapted to loading unfried bacon strips onto the conveyor of a bacon frying oven.
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