Shoulder positioning conveyor
AssigneeMarel Meat Processing Inc.
InventorsColin Hart, Liansuo Xie, Doug Bauer
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Abstract
A conveyor for positioning a meat product to be cut having a track attached to a frame, a chain slidably mounted on the track, a plurality of flights connected to the chain and a guide bar connected to the frame wherein the conveyor advances product forward at a loading end, maintains the product in a stable position through a transport section, and releases the product at a discharge end such that the product drops off the guide bar.
Claims12
A conveyor for positioning a meat product to be cut, comprising:
- a track mounted to a frame;
- a continuous chain slidably mounted to the track;
- a plurality of flights that are hook shaped and longitudinally connected to the chain;
- a guide bar connected to the frame wherein as one flight rotates about a loading end of the conveyor, the one flight engages a product and advances the product forward of an attachment of the product on a transport conveyor.
A conveyor for positioning a meat product to be cut, comprising:
- a track mounted to a frame;
- a continuous chain slidably mounted to the track;
- a plurality of flights that are hook shaped and longitudinally connected to the chain;
- and
- a guide bar connected to the frame and extending around at least the periphery of an operating section of the continuous chain to prevent the product from contacting the continuous chain;
- wherein the positioning conveyor rotates at a speed synchronous to a transport conveyor such that a product remains stationary on the positioning conveyor as the product is transported on a transport section of the guide bar.
A conveyor for positioning a meat product to be cut, comprising:
- a track mounted to a frame;
- a continuous chain slidably mounted to the track;
- a plurality of flights that are hook shaped and longitudinally connected to the chain;
- and
- a guide bar connected to the frame having a discharge section that extends inwardly from a transport section of the guide bar toward a longitudinal axis of the positioning conveyor;
- wherein at the discharge end of the positioning conveyor a product is released from the flights and drops off the guide bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.