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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2022
Gea Food Solutions Germany Gmbh, Biedenkopf-Wallau, DE;
Norbert Brunnquell, Altusried, DE;
GEA Food Solutions Germany GmbH, Biedenkopf-Wallau, DE;
Abstract
A line having a food processing apparatus and a packaging machine between which a placement and transport apparatus is provided that has a plurality of tablet trays on which food products are placed and with which the food products are transported towards the packaging machine, the tablet trays move in a contact-free manner along a closed transport surface; a method for producing packaged food slices using the line, the food products are deposited onto the tablet trays and then transported towards the packaging machine; a method for cleaning the line, the tablet trays are lifted from the transport surface and the transport surface is cleaned with a cleaning liquid; and a method for cleaning the line, the tablet trays are removed from the transport surface and cleaned in a cleaning machine.