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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Noel R. Johnson, Stoughton, WI (US);
David Norby, Madison, WI (US);
Wendell J. Holl, Lodi, WI (US);
Andi Mikelsons, Middleton, WI (US);
David Lukens, Prairie du Sac, WI (US);
Nicholas Cable, Lodi, WI (US);
Anthony Renger, Loganville, WI (US);
Robert E. Hanson, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Alkar-RapidPak, Inc., Lodi, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/00 ; A23B 4/00 ; A47J 3/704 ; A22C 1/100 ; A22C 1/112 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/00 ; A23B 4/00 ; A47J 3/704 ; A22C 1/100 ; A22C 1/112 ;
Abstract
A food processing system for an elongated strand of food product, such as hot dogs or sausage links, provides aligned orientation of conveyor hooks and identical arrival time spacing between adjacent hooks at a reference loading point at a strand producing machine discharge station.