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US 4,518,300 AGranted
Take-away technique for sliced bulk products
AssigneeControl Process, Incorporated
InventorDavid P. Kent
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Abstract
Take-away apparatus and method for stacks of sliced bulk product in which the stack rests on a movable conveyor, which is set in rapid motion before a slower-moving pusher engages the trailing edge of the stack.
Claims14
Take-away system for stacks of sliced bulk product comprising:
- a support surface for receiving slices of said bulk product to form a stack of said slices, said surface being intermittently movable in a predetermined direction to displace a stack in said direction;
- second means also intermittently movable in said direction and extending above said surface so as to be capable of engaging the trailing edge of a stack and pushing it in said direction;
- means for controlling the movement of the support surface so as to be faster than that of the second means, whereby the second means overtakes the stack which is being displaced by the support surface movement and engages the trailing edge of said stack only as a result of slippage of the stack on the support surface;
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- means for actuating said support surface and said second means after a predetermined slice count.
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A take-away system for stacks of sliced bulk product comprising:
- conveyor means forming a support for receiving slices of said bulk product to form a stack of said slices beneath a slicing means, means for intermittently moving said conveyor means in a predetermined direction to displace a stack in said direction;
- pushing means having finger means for engaging the trailing edge of the stack and pushing it toward a discharge end of said conveyor, means associated with said pushing means for causing reciprocating movement of said finger means in relationship to the intermittent movement of said conveyor, and means for controlling the movement of said conveyor means so as to be faster than the movement of said finger means, whereby said finger means overtakes the stack which is being displaced on said conveyor and engages the trailing edge of said stack only as a result of slippage of the stack on the conveyor surface;
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- means for actuating movement of said conveyor means and said pushing means after a predetermined slice count has been obtained.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.