Ibp, Inc.

Recot Inc.

Stephen N Forti

Andrew Courier

Larry W Fallin

Andrew Cecil Harvey

Malcolm E Taylor

Ponnattu Kurian Joseph

Edward Dickinson

Edward M Kolvek

Richard Terrazzano

Timothy J Mason

Patsy Coppola

James R Downer

Lawrence Alan Graham

Todd Charles McNeel

James F Dill

William G Leary

Edward Joseph Goldman

Barbara J Scalia

Carl Brian Candiloro

Roland H Estey, Iii

Ronald D Smith

Ronald Dean Smith, Jr

Kenneth R Brocker

An item handling system that sorts and packs items in a storage or shipping receptacle. The system is specifically designed to handle items such as sub-primal cuts of beef or pork or items of like size and weight. The system is adapted to sort items based on product type or based on system capacity. The packing mechanism is adapted to properly orient the item prior to placing the item in the storage or shipping receptacle. The system is specifically adapted to handle cardboard shipping boxes.

Item handler for sorting and packing

Apparatus and method for cooking snack food pieces features a drum-type fryer which transports individual, die-cut piece preforms through hot oil contained within a cooking tank defined between the periphery of the drum and a housing in which the drum is contained. Vacuum transfer and feed rollers transfer the individual piece preforms from a die-cutting roller assembly onto the drum for cooking, and a similar roller transfers the cooked snack food pieces from the drum to a take-away conveyor for subsequent, downstream processing. The pieces are retained by suction against molding surfaces of frying mold elements distributed over the periphery of the frying drum.

Apparatus for form-frying snack food product

An autonomous remote controlled vehicle for use in the automation of an existing refrigerated flow through storage facility food processing application. The remote vehicle is specifically designed to operate within a network of centrally controlled remote vehicles that are adapted to receive selectable items from production and temporarily store them for later retrieval. The system is adapted to minimize travel time for the remote vehicle and optimize cycle time. The system is specifically adapted to handle cardboard shipping boxes containing meat products.

Method of automation for flow through storage

Skid handling system for flow through storage

Item handler and method for flow through storage

Method for form-frying snack food product

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Stoneham, MA, United States of America

Stephen N Forti