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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2022
F.r. Drake Company, Waynesboro, VA (US);
William C. Hill, Fishersville, VA (US);
Joseph Posge, Cincinnati, OH (US);
F.R. Drake Company, Waynesboro, VA (US);
Abstract
A loading apparatus for use with tubular food articles. The loading apparatus comprises an input conveyor configured to convey the tubular food articles, an indexing conveyor positioned beneath the input conveyor and configured to operate in an intermittent motion, and a curved end member positioned in spaced arrangement to the input conveyor to permit the tubular food articles to pass between the input conveyor and the curved end member such that the curved end member retains the tubular food articles on the input conveyor. The input conveyor is configured to transfer the tubular food articles from the input conveyor directly to the indexing conveyor using gravity from a space between the input conveyor and the curved end member.