Conveyor belt having rotating drive shaft
AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStephen A. McCormick, Scott Boyles, Ulf Jagaeus, Derrick Norvill
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for processing products by chilling or freezing includes a conveyor for conveying the products along a plane of travel; lifting means disposed for intermittent contact with the conveyor during processing; cam means rotatable for contacting and displacing the lifting means to contact and displace the conveyor from the plane of travel, thereby displacing the products on the conveyor to prevent the products from adhering to the conveyor and other of the products; and drive means operatively associated with the cam means to impart rotational movement to the cam means for intermittently contacting and displacing the lifting means.
Claims7
1-14. (canceled)
A method for processing food products, comprising:
- conveying products for processing on a conveyor, supporting the conveyor along a path of travel, rotating a wave generating means proximate the conveyor;
- contacting the wave generating means intermittently with the conveyor for displacing the supported conveyor and products along at least a portion of the path of travel to prevent the products from adhering to the conveyor and other of the food products on the conveyor during processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.