Patent · US Expired

Conveyor chain

US7195552B1 · kind B1 · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateFeb 18, 2003
Grant dateMar 27, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23B4/031
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A food processing system for an elongated strand of food product, such as hot dogs or sausage links, provides aligned orientation of conveyor hooks and identical arrival time spacing between adjacent hooks at a reference loading point at a strand producing machine discharge station.

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