Marel Meat Processing Inc.

F.r. Drake Company

Stork Townsend Inc.

Joshua W Higgins

Colin Ray Hart

David W Alexander

Kevin J Hansen

Paul J Joynt

David W Braner

Brent M Veldkamp

Kenneth Leon Lebsack

Andrew W Maddux

Craig A Smiens

Loren Jon Aldrich

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 conveying system that corrects spacing inconsistencies between food products on transport conveyors. Sensor elements are used to determine the position of food products on a first conveyor. Displacement members then move the food products to a slower second conveyor and different locations to correct the position between the food products.

Conveying system for moving food products and method of using the same

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 having a frame that includes a vibrating frame member connected to a pivot point at one end and a drive member at the opposite end. A conveyor belt is supported by the vibrating frame member and as the drive member vibrates the frame member, the belt is vibrated to cause alignment of food product against a reference edge.

Vibrating alignment conveyor

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Pleasant Hill, IA, United States of America

Joshua W Higgins