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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert Erickson, Crystal, MN (US);
Lily Leung Fee, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Anita J. Hall, Bloomington, MN (US);
Darin T. Huffman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Rodney McCalley, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Terry G. Reishus, Eagan, MN (US);
Steve J. Schoo, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Ralph A. Stenvik, Plymouth, MN (US);
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and a method include breaking a sheet of frozen pizza into individual pieces for packaging. In an embodiment, the frozen pizza sheet includes five individual pieces separated by frangible lines. The breaking process includes a first step, wherein two end pieces are broken off by a first breaking mechanism, and a second step, wherein two additional end pieces are broken off a remainder of the frozen pizza sheet by a second breaking mechanism arranged downstream of the first breaking mechanism. In preferred embodiments, each breaking mechanism includes multiple holding wheels and multiple camming wheel rotatably mounted on a common driven axle.