Armour and Company

James P Smithers

A method of packing strips of material such as bacon by feeding film over a rotating stepped roll, feeding strips or slices of the material onto the film over the steps of this roll, picking up the slices from the roll in shingled relationship with film interleaved between the slices, and then compacting the shingled strips by passing them from a conveyor driven at one speed to a conveyor driven at a slower speed. A machine is disclosed having mechanical and automatic controls for timing the respective functions in accordance with the operation of the slicer and for synchronizing the elements of the machine.

Apparatus for packing strips of material

A method of packing strips of material such as bacon by feeding a film over a rotating stepped roll, feeding strips or slices of the material onto the film over the steps of this roll, picking up the slices from the roll in shingled relationship with film interleaved between the slices, and then compacting the shingled strips by passing them from a conveyor driven at one speed to a conveyor driven at a slower speed. A machine is disclosed having mechanical and automatic controls for timing the respective functions in accordance with the operation of the slicer and for synchronizing the elements of the machine.

Packing strips of material

A method of packing strips of material such as bacon by feeding a film over a roll having a cylindrical outer surface, feeding strips or slices of material onto the film over the roll and picking up the film with the strips thereon from the roll. A machine is disclosed for performing these steps in a synchronized manner. Further, there is disclosed a method of preparing food from strips of bacon or the like by heating the combination of film and food strips alternately with the food strips or the film sheet next to the grill.

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Glen Ellyn, IL, United States of America

James P Smithers