Automatic patty feeder
US4151930A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 1978 |
| Grant date | May 1, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G59/067
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automatic patty feeder advances a frozen meat patty across a support table having a longitudinal slot therein from a position at the bottom of a stack of patties all but the lowest one of which is longitudinally confined. Below the table is an upper, short, horizontal track overlying a lower, long, horizontal rail. A carrier reciprocates longitudinally and moves a pusher link having a bearing adapted to ride on the track and on the rail and having a pusher adapted to move through the slot and to abut the lowest patty. The bearing can fall from one end of the track onto the rail and can be lifted from the other end of the rail up to the level of the track by a solenoid.
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