Marel Meat Processing Inc.

F.r. Drake Company

Stork Townsend Inc.

David W Alexander

Colin Ray Hart

Joshua W Higgins

Kevin J Hansen

Paul J Joynt

David W Braner

Kenneth B Arnote, Jr

Kenneth Leon Lebsack

Michael J Hardy

Brent R Schirm

Brent M Veldkamp

David W Nida

Timothy V Weers

Kenneth B Arnote

Vincent L Ii Basile

An apparatus and method of transporting food products to a loading station having a cooling conveyor that selectively drops food product into a distributor. The distributor separates product into at least two lanes and drops product onto a conveyor. A balancing and diverting conveyor monitors and counts product in each lane and diverts product selectively based upon the sensed product. An orienter transfers product from a loading conveyor to a buffer conveyor. The buffer conveyor transfers product to a main conveyor which transfers product to a loading head.

Apparatus for transporting food products to a loading head

A variable speed linking device wherein the rotational speed of the chains is reduced approximately when the outer edge of the pinchers first engage a casing.

Variable speed linker

A loading head for use with food articles has a main conveyor adapted to convey a plurality of food articles, an indexing conveyor positioned beneath the main conveyor, and a transfer member positioned between the main conveyor and the indexing conveyor. The transfer member is adapted to transfer each food article from the main conveyor to the indexing conveyor. A buffering mechanism is adapted to move the transfer member between a first position and a variable second position. A pusher mechanism is associated with the indexing conveyor to raise and lower gates from an open position permitting food article transfer to a closed position prohibiting food article transfer. The pusher mechanism includes a cam operably associated with the gates to open and close the gates.

Apparatus and method for loading food articles

An apparatus and method of transporting food products () to a loading station (12) having a cooling conveyor () that selectively drops food product into a distributor (). The distributor (34) separates product into at least two lanes () and drops product onto a conveyor. A balancing and diverting conveyor () monitors and counts product in each lane () and diverts product selectively based upon the sensed product. An orienter () transfers product from a loading conveyor () to a buffer conveyor (). The buffer conveyor () transfers product to a main conveyor () which transfers product to a loading head ().

Apparatus and method of transporting food products to a loading head

A conveyor system for transporting a strand of sausage having a carriage slidably mounted to an operating platform where the carriage has an end turn sprocket where the strand is dropped onto a smoke stick and the carriage moves to drop the strand along the length of the smoke stick.

Conveyor system with moveable drop point

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Boone, IA, United States of America

David W Alexander