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US 2024/0228183 A9Published application
Ultimate Cleanable Food grade feeder device and system for rolls, sandwiches, odd-shaped edibles and foodstuff
OwnerGreg Schombertinventor
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Abstract
A compact, ultimate, and cleanable food grade feeder device and system for quickly orienting, aligning, and feeding single rolls, sandwiches, oddly shaped edibles, and foodstuff to assemble and make ready for packaging the foodstuff.
Claims12
An ultimate food grade feeder device and system (30) comprised of:
- (a) a centrifugal feeder bowl (40) with a cone cap (42) made of a durable and food grade material, and a rigid disk base plate (43);
- (b) a group of selection devices;
- (c) a support structure (50);
- (d) an electrical drive motor and gear box (44) to rotationally turn/spin the centrifugal base plate (43) with a feeder vertical drive shaft (46) and at least two bearings (47) for rotationally securing drive shaft (46) to the feeder support structure (50);
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- (e) a single conveyor system (35) configured as a single path of belt with a drive system including a motor, a gearbox, a driven sprockets/pulleys, and a shaft for each conveyor;
- wherein the ultimate food grade feeder device and system organizes, orients, and aligns a group of foodstuff item so that the aligned group of foodstuff items can be transferred to other machinery and/or humans to further process and package the foodstuff items.
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An ultimate food grade feeder device and system (30) comprised of:
- (a) a centrifugal feeder bowl (40) with a cone cap (42) made of a durable and food grade material, and a rigid disk base plate (43);
- (b) a group of selection devices;
- (c) a support structure (50);
- (d) an electrical drive motor and gear box (44) to rotationally turn/spin the centrifugal base plate (43) with a feeder vertical drive shaft (46) and at least two bearings (47) for rotationally securing drive shaft (46) to the feeder support structure (50);
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- (e) a dual conveyor system (37) configured with a double path of belt with a drive system including a motor, a gearbox, and a shaft for each conveyor
- wherein the ultimate food grade feeder device and system organizes, orients, and aligns a group of foodstuff item so that the aligned group of foodstuff items can be transferred to other machinery and/or humans to further process and package the foodstuff items.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.