Food packaging machine

Abstract

Frozen patties are delivered for wrapping, one at a time at predetermined intervals, by means of a cleated conveyor belt which is fed by means of a trough receptical. A rotating wheel prevents more than one from being delivered at a time. The patties are coupled between a pair of rotating belts, the upper one of which is pivotally mounted relative to the other. As a patty pivots the upper belt, a paper feed and cutting mechanism is energized, and a paper segment is inserted in the path of the patty. Thus, the patty moves past the paper, causing it to adhere on the top and bottom surfaces of the patty. The wrapped patties are then passed through a second belt arrangement identical to the first, and thence to a packing assembly which stacks the wrapped patties in a plunger and cylinder arrangement in response to the pivotal displacement of the upper belt of the second belt assembly.

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