Patent · US Expired

Ice cream sandwich wrapping apparatus having a friction member

US6016639A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
14References
14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 2, 1998
Grant dateJan 25, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 2, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B11/20
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The apparatus uses a single, simple movement of a shoe to wrap the rear bottom tuck panel underneath the ice cream sandwich and to push the ice cream sandwich onto a conveyor surface. In addition, the apparatus utilizes at least one friction member to actively engage the ice cream sandwich while the shoe withdraws after pushing the ice cream sandwich onto the conveyor surface.

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