Yeast cake loading device
US4578930A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 1984 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B39/007
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A yeast cake loader loads yeast cakes into shallow open-top boxes in a reciprocating motion. The yeast cakes are smoothly lowered by a resiliently bendable surface which resiliently bends under the weight of the yeast cakes during loading. A ram pushes a block of yeast cakes across the resiliently bendable surface, which operates to move the box as well. When the box is full and has been moved a distance of one box width, the ram retracts and a new box is supplied under the resiliently bendable surface. The resiliently bendable surface then returns to its initial position. Additional yeast cakes are supplied in front of the ram, and the cycle is repeated.
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