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US 12,075,791 B2Granted
Paper interleaver
AssigneeTomahawk Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorRichard Payne
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Abstract
A paper interleaver that is separate from the food patty molding machine for inserting a sheet of paper underneath a meat patty.
Claims9
A method for placing a sheet of paper under a cubed meat patty comprising:
- forming a patty by a patty forming machine;
- dropping said patty via knock out cups that push said patty out of a mold plate on to a conveyor;
- moving said patty away from said forming machine;
- conveying said patty to move between a series of blades top and bottom of a cuber;
- cubing or perforating top and bottom of said meat patty;
- conveying said top and bottom cubed patty to an interleaver infeed belt;
- triggering an activation switch by movement of said cubed patty on said infeed belt which starts paper assembly process, including use of vacuum to hold said paper until vacuum is turned off so paper is moved into position so cubed patty is conveyed onto paper;
- moving said cubed patty and paper onto exit conveyor.
5 more elements
A method for placing a sheet of paper under a meat patty comprising:
- forming a patty by a patty forming machine;
- dropping said patty via knock out cups that push said patty out of a mold plate on to a conveyor;
- moving said patty that is formed away from said forming machine;
- conveying said formed patties to an interleaver infeed belt;
- triggering an activation switch by movement of said formed patties on conveyor belt which starts paper assembly process, including use of vacuum to hold said paper until vacuum is turned off so said paper is moved into position so said formed patty is conveyed onto said paper;
- moving said patty and said paper onto exit conveyor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.