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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary A. Handel, Austin, MN (US);
Jeffrey J. Morrison, Austin, MN (US);
Assignee:
Hormel Foods, LLC, Austin, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 2/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 2/106 ;
Abstract
A tamale loading apparatus ( ) includes a converging mechanism ( ) and diverter wheels ( ) to position tamales ( ) on a belt ( ). The belt is run at a speed to fly the tamales ( ) into a can ( ) wherein the tamales are automatically loaded and it is no longer necessary to load the tamales ( ) by hand into the cans ( ).