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US 4,062,108 AGranted
Stick insertion apparatus
AssigneeChampion International Corporation
InventorEdward D. Cottrell
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Abstract
For mounting a food product, such as a frankfurter or an apple, on a stick, an apparatus includes relatively reciprocable jaws which converge on and hold the food product in position on an insertion axis. Individual sticks are gravity fed through a supply duct which aligns each stick with the insertion axis. A reciprocating rod drives each stick along the insertion axis into the food product.
Claims9
An apparatus for mounting products on a stick comprising:
- a. opposed first and second reciprocable holding members, each of said holding members having a contoured, product engaging surface that is a mirror image of the opposed surface, said contoured product engaging surfaces being operative to center and circumferentially engage a product, along a major portion of its length, in a position on an insertion axis;
- b. means for reciprocating said first and second holding members such that they simultaneously converge or diverge in a direction perpendicular to the insertion axis;
- c. stick supply means for positioning a stick on a supporting surface in alignment with the insertion axis;
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- d. means for driving the stick along the insertion axis into the product held by said holding means.
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