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Patent No.:

US 10850875 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2017

Handling snack food chips

Applicant:

Frito-lay Trading Company Gmbh, Berne, CH;

Inventors:

Bob Abbas, Rugby, GB;

Michael Brandt, Lahnau, DE;

Jan Christopher Fuller, Lahnau, DE;

Assignee:

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH, Berne, CH;

Attorneys:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

G. Peter Nichols

Primary Examiner:

Mark A Deuble

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/06 (2006.01); A21C 9/08 (2006.01); B65B 35/24 (2006.01); B65B 35/44 (2006.01); B65B 35/50 (2006.01); B65B 35/56 (2006.01); B65G 47/252 (2006.01); B65G 47/31 (2006.01); B65G 15/10 (2006.01); B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B65G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/064 (2013.01); A21C 9/085 (2013.01); A21C 9/086 (2013.01); B65B 35/243 (2013.01); B65B 35/44 (2013.01); B65B 35/50 (2013.01); B65B 35/56 (2013.01); B65G 15/105 (2013.01); B65G 47/252 (2013.01); B65G 47/261 (2013.01); B65G 47/31 (2013.01); B65G 15/16 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for handling three-dimensionally curved snack food chips. The apparatus includes a first conveyor for conveying a series of the snack food chips on a conveying surface and an inverting station located at an output end of the first conveyor. The inverting station includes an inverter configured for transferring the snack food chips from an output end of the first conveyor into contact with an internal concave surface of the inverter. A drive system for the inverter is configured to move the internal concave surface downwardly to cause movement of the snack food chips downward from an upper portion to a lower portion of the internal concave surface. A depositing station is located and configured for depositing the snack food chips from the lower portion of the internal concave surface onto a second conveyor configured for receiving snack food chips from the depositing station and conveying them away.

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