Method and apparatus for preparation of rolled products
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorJohn I. G. Wikstroem
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Abstract
Rolled products are prepared by transporting articles from an upstream end to a downstream end of an endless conveyor belt upper run having a complete spiral twist therein for shaping the articles so that rolled products emerge from the twist on the upper run.
Claims22
A process for preparing rolled products comprising placing and transporting an article on an endless conveyor belt upper run having a complete spiral twist therein between an upper run upstream end and an upper run downstream end and shaping the transported article in the twist so that a rolled product emerges from the twist on the upper run.
A conveyor apparatus for preparing formed rolled articles comprising:
- two rollers and an endless conveyor belt which is trained about the rollers so that the belt has an upper run having a complete spiral twist formed therein and wherein the rollers have a longitudinal extent greater than a width of the belt;
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- a pair of rings movably positioned on each roller so that the width of the belt is positioned between each pair of rings and so that the rings are movable for adjusting a position of the belt with respect to the longitudinal extent of the rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.