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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Marel, Inc., Lenexa, KS (US);
Marel Further Processing B.v., Boxmeer, NL;
Brent M. Veldkamp, Lenexa, KS (US);
Tim Weers, Lenexa, KS (US);
Mattheus Catharina Willems, Lenexa, KS (US);
Johannes Martinus Meulendijks, Boxmeer, NL;
MAREL FURTHER PROCESSING B.V., Boxmeer, NL;
Abstract
An interchangeable hook-and-bracket system for a manufacturing process is disclosed. The interchangeable hook-and-bracket system may be configured to cooperate with a vertical conveying system of a food-processing system. Interchangeable hooks of the conveyor system may comprise hook portions and bracket portions that may be configured to releasably attach to one another. The bracket portions may be made substantially of a structurally robust material such as a metal and may be non-releasably attached to the conveyor system, and the hook portions may be made substantially of a flexible material such as a polymer-based material. More than one hook portion may correspond to a bracket portion, each hook portion having a configuration corresponding to a particular product, casing, throughput, and/or process condition.