Sandwich machine
OwnerHenry B. Whitmoreinventor
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Abstract
An elongated frame made up of rails, and having a main endless belt conveyor for carrying parts of sandwiches, and completed sandwiches through the machine. A slicer carriage is mounted on and above the frame, having an endless slicer belt means parallel with the main belt for gripping the sandwiches between the belts for conveying them. The slicer belt means is made up of transversely spaced belts, forming a space therebetween, and a slicer blade is operable in the space between the belts. The main belt has a longitudinal groove in its outer surface, to receive the edge of the blade to enable the blade to cut entirely through the sandwiches and in slicing them. The slicing carriage, and the slicer blade, each individually, are vertically adjustable for accommodating sandwiches of different thickness.
Claims7
A sandwich machine comprising,
- a main frame forming a stand including a pair of vertically spaced rails at each side of the machine and extending the full length of the machine,
- the rails supporting detachably connected transverse strips,
- the stand including legs at the ends and at least one intermediate location therebetween,
- a self-contained slicer unit above the main frame,
- the slicer unit including side plates rigidly connected together,
- a main conveyor including an endless main belt,
- a slicer conveyor including a pair of endless slicer belts,
- means for supporting the slicer unit above the main frame with the axes of the two belts parallel, and so mounting the slicer unit for straight-line vertical adjustment in position forming a slicer space between the two belts,
- the slicer unit including straight, longitudinal strips engaged by the lower run of the slicer belts operable for retaining the slicer space in a pre-set dimension,
- common drive means for driving the two conveyors at the same linear spread with the adjacent runs of the two conveyors running in the same direction.
- a vertical rotary slicer blade in the slicer unit located between the pair of endless slicer belts operable for slicing sandwiches on the main conveyor, and
- second driving means in and carried by the slicer unit for driving the rotary slicer blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.