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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2014
Frito-lay Trading Company Gmbh, Berne, CH;
Bob Abbas, Nottinghamshire, GB;
Richard Bailey, Leicestershire, GB;
Lindsay Dobson, Oxfordshire, GB;
Oliver Herbert, Nottingham, GB;
Peter David Herring, Leicestershire, GB;
Maria Alejandra Torres, South Croydon, GB;
FRITO-LAY TRADING COMPANY GMBH, Berne, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for conveying food slices, the apparatus comprising a conveyor element having an upper conveying surface, the conveying surface being downwardly inclined from an input end thereof towards an output end thereof, a vibratory actuator coupled to the conveyor element and adapted to cause vibratory motion of the conveying surface, the vibratory motion being at least partly in a direction along the conveying surface, and a liquid supply for supplying liquid onto the conveying surface to form a liquid film over at least part of the conveying surface.