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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2001
Brian Keith Bell, Lewisville, TX (US);
Steven Theodore Chandler, Plano, TX (US);
Eric P. Farabaugh, Plano, TX (US);
Joseph H. Gold, Dallas, TX (US);
Terry Dale Klockenga, Plano, TX (US);
John Curtis McConn, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Daniel Eugene Orr, Dallas, TX (US);
Edward Leon Ouellette, Corinth, TX (US);
Scott L. Robinson, Chicago, IL (US);
Heinz Roel, Prosper, TX (US);
Richard James Ruegg, Coppell, TX (US);
RECOT, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
The system and method for monolayer alignment snack chip transfer process a snack chip from a first to a second conveyor. By using a roll at the discharge of the toast oven conveyor that has a diameter that is substantially closer in size to the pickup roll of the second conveyor, mechanical devices for lifting the chips off of the toast oven conveyor can be avoided. Further, chip preforms' alignment in passing between the two conveyors is maintained.