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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2013
Noah Z. Pentelovitch, Evanston, IL (US);
Henry George Randolph, Iii, Laramie, WY (US);
Sean Michael Wood, Evanston, NM (US);
Krystian Zimowski, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Noah Z. Pentelovitch, Evanston, IL (US);
Henry George Randolph, III, Laramie, WY (US);
Sean Michael Wood, Evanston, NM (US);
Krystian Zimowski, Albuquerque, NM (US);
FORMAX, INC., Mokena, IL (US);
Abstract
An automated casing removal system for removing the casing of encased food products supported on a support frame. An inclined surface on the support frame has a staging area onto which encased food product is loaded. The staging area has a cutting member moveable along a portion of the length of the staging area, and a stop mechanism downstream from the cutting member on the inclined surface. The stop mechanism extends within a plane which intersects the inclined surface to prevent the food product from moving down the inclined surface. The staging area has retaining member upstream of the stop mechanism which retains the casing to unravel the casing from the food product as the food product rolls down the inclined surface when the stop mechanism is removed.