Support table assembly for food product breading machine

A support table assembly in combination with a food product breading machine, the combination comprising:

• a) the support table assembly including a support table including an upper support surface for supporting the food product breading machine, the support table including a front edge and a spaced apart back edge separated by spaced apart first and second side edges, the support table having a length extending along a longitudinal axis substantially orthogonal to the front edge of the support table;
• b) a guide coupled to and extending below and underside of the support table, the guide extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the support table;
• c) a slide assembly disposed below the underside of the support table and slidable beneath the support table along the guide along a path of travel between a first and a second position, the slide assembly supporting a removable lug and including a frame defining an opening sized to receive the removable lug, the slide assembly further including a support extending downwardly from the frame, the support contacting and moving along a surface of the floor on which the support assembly is disposed to facilitate sliding of the slide assembly;
• d) in the first position of the slide assembly, at least a portion of the lug extending beyond the front edge of the support table and being aligned with a first end of the breading machine such that finished products discharged from the breading machine drop into the lug;
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• e) in the second position of the slide assembly, at least a portion of the lug extending beyond the back edge of the support table and being aligned with a second end of the breading machine such that materials discharged from the breading machine during a cleaning operation drop into the lug.

A support table assembly comprising:

• a) a support table defining an upper support surface including a front end and a spaced apart back end separated by spaced apart first and second sides, the support table having a length extending along a longitudinal axis substantially orthogonal to the front end of the support table;
• b) a guide coupled to and extending below an underside of the support table, the guide extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the support table;
• c) a slide assembly disposed below the underside of the support table and slidable under the support table along the guide along a path of travel between a first and a second position, the slide assembly supporting a removable lug, and including a frame the slide assembly further including a support extending downwardly from the frame, the support contacting and moving along a surface of the floor on which the support assembly is disposed to facilitate sliding of the slide assembly;
• d) in the first position of the slide assembly, at least a portion of the lug extending beyond the front end of the support table;
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• e) in the second position of the slide assembly, at least a portion of the lug extending beyond the back end of the support table.