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US 2024/0140133 A1Published application
High volume branding system
AssigneeT&T Consulting and Engineering, Inc.
InventorsTomas TASSY, Alex KURDYDYK
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AssigneeT&T Consulting and Engineering, Inc.
InventorsTomas TASSY, Alex KURDYDYK
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The present disclosure is directed to a high volume branding system for branding baked goods with a desired indicia. The system includes a branding conveyor for receiving the baked goods in the pans and conveying the pans downstream. The system also includes a branding station positioned above the branding conveyor. The branding station includes a shuttle that is provided with a branding press. The shuttle is configured to travel downstream with the branding conveyor in a first direction and upstream in a second direction. The shuttle is configured to align a branding press with at least one of the pans on the branding conveyor while the pan is moving downstream with the branding conveyor. The branding press includes a branding plate that is heated and lowered with the branding press onto the baked goods in the pan while the shuttle is moving downstream along with the pan and branding conveyor to brand indicia onto the baked goods. When the indicia is branded onto the baked goods, the branding press and branding plate are raised and the shuttle is moved in the second direction to align the branding press with another one of the pans on the branding conveyor.
A high volume branding system for branding baked goods arranged in pans comprising:
A high volume branding system for branding baked goods arranged in pans comprising:
The high volume branding system of claim 11, wherein the shuttle includes a shuttle motor that drives a gear.
The high volume branding system of claim 12, wherein the branding station includes a gear rack and the shuttle motor drives the gear along the gear rack to move the shuttle in the upstream and downstream directions.
A high volume branding system for branding baked goods arranged in pans comprising:
The high volume branding system of claim 14, wherein the shuttle includes at least one motor that is used to rise and lower the branding presses from a first position to a second position and from the second position to the first position.
The high volume branding system of claim 14, wherein each branding press includes a branding plate that includes indicia that is applied onto the baked goods when the branding plate is brought into contact with the baked goods.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.