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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Mark E. Malenke, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Charles Robert Sample, Green Bay, WI (US);
Brian Charles Adamski, Pulaski, WI (US);
Brian Wayne Tomac, DePere, WI (US);
David Hess, Green Bay, WI (US);
Tod Wesley Heleniak, Green Bay, WI (US);
Mark E. Malenke, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Charles Robert Sample, Green Bay, WI (US);
Brian Charles Adamski, Pulaski, WI (US);
Brian Wayne Tomac, DePere, WI (US);
David Hess, Green Bay, WI (US);
Tod Wesley Heleniak, Green Bay, WI (US);
Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for the volumetric metering and depositing of a food product comprising a plurality of particles or flowable particles. The plurality of food particles are transported upon a discharge conveyor having a first rate of speed, the plurality of particles arranged uniformly from passing beneath a product leveling device. When the plurality of particles reach the end of the discharge conveyor, the particles fall from the end of the conveyor under the operation of gravity and are deposited in a shuttle while the shuttle travels at a second rate of speed from a position at least partially below the conveyor to collect the falling particles in cells or receiving receptacles. The relationship between the first rate of speed of the conveyor and the second rate of speed of the shuttle define a metered amount of particles collected in each of the receiving receptacles.