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US 5,823,318 AGranted
Slice stacker particularly for cheese slices
AssigneeNatec, Reich, Summer GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsWilhelm Baur, Andreas Kierok, Timo Steinbauer, Franz Hartmann, Herbert Adler, Oskar Milz, Roland Zeuschner, Gunter Honsberg
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Abstract
This innovation describes a slice stacker, designed in particular for cheese slices and other slice-shaped objects, consisting of a brush belt with resting overhead or lower shot belts, which register slices from the top or from the bottom.
Claims18
A slice stacking apparatus for stacking cheese slices and other slice-shaped objects, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one pair of opposing, horizontally oriented brush belts, each opposing belt comprising an upper and a lower brush belt, the belts running parallel to one another and being spaced apart to form a horizontal transport area having an inlet end and an outlet end;
- each brush belt having a plurality of spaced packets of bristles projecting laterally into said transport area and opposing the bristle packets of the other brush belt to support spaced, vertically oriented slice-shaped objects along the horizontal transport area between adjacent pairs of opposing bristle packets;
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- a vertically oriented shot belt assembly positioned at the inlet end of the brush belts for transporting slice-shaped objects in a vertical orientation into the horizontal transport area between said bristle packets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.