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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael D. Christy, Locust, NC (US);
John T. McCarthy, Stanfield, NC (US);
Jay P. Phillips, Concord, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 5/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 5/700 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for the counting and stacking of food portions in preparation for packaging, and without human intervention, including a conveyor for receiving and moving food portions therealong to form rows of food portions, at least one counter, and a stacking rake positioned with respect to said conveyor as to moveably shuffle the rows of food portions into a horizontal stack for packaging. The conveyor, counter, and stacking rake are cooperatively interconnected by a programmable computer so that the rows of food portions are moved along the conveyor for stacking by the stacking rake.