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US 6,109,007 AGranted
Single station food product wrapping apparatus and method for making up a one pound package
AssigneeTru Pac Inc.
InventorsTimothy F. Combs, James O. Byrd
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Abstract
A food product wrapping apparatus and method, in which four sticks of food product are simultaneously molded and wrapped during each cycle of operation, using a four cavity set mold plate and four cavity wrapping machines. A shuttle plate has two sets of four cavities and is alternately moved into a dosing mold for filling of one set of cavities and thence over a respective four cavity wrapping machine. All four sticks are simultaneously pushed out of the mold cavities and thereaft through the wrapping machine cavities.
Claims2
A wrapping apparatus for molding and wrapping stick shaped food product, comprising:
- a shuttle molding plate having two spaced apart sets of four rectangular cavities, said shuttle movable back and forth between two shifted positions;
- cavity filling means located at one of said shifted positions for alternately filling each set of cavities as said shuttle molding plate is shuttled back and forth to alternately bring each set of cavities in alignment with said cavity filling means;
- two wrapping machines, each machine comprising a folding frame having four through cavities each aligned with a respective cavity set in said molding plate when said shuttle molding plate in a respective shifted position;
- sheet feeding means for interposing sets of wrapping sheets between each mold cavity set and a respective wrapping machine;
- pusher means for alternatively pushing product sticks from each cavity set and through a respective wrapping machine so as to wrap form food product sticks simultaneously, said wrapping machines each simultaneously wrapping four product sticks pushed through the respective cavities thereof.
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