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US 9,365,360 · App. 14/721,495 · Granted Jun 14, 2016

Apparatus for transporting food products to a loading head

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Patent No.
US 9,365,360
App. No.
14/721,495
Granted
Jun 14, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method of transporting food products to a loading station having a cooling conveyor that selectively drops food product into a distributor. The distributor separates product into at least two lanes and drops product onto a conveyor. A balancing and diverting conveyor monitors and counts product in each lane and diverts product selectively based upon the sensed product. An orienter transfers product from a loading conveyor to a buffer conveyor. The buffer conveyor transfers product to a main conveyor which transfers product to a loading head.

Claims (4)

1. An apparatus for transporting food product to a loading station, comprising;

a spreading conveyor positioned to receive food product from a first and a second lane of a balancing and diverting conveyor;

wherein the spreading conveyor has two lanes with one lane angled in relation to the other and each lane has a belt crimped by a roller that is capable of straightening a food product when the food product lands crooked on the belt.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a bridge conveyor positioned upstream of the balance and diverting conveyor.