IP Library Granted Patent US 9,533,784
Granted Patent B2
US 9,533,784 · App. 13/980,778 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Food production line

Inventor: Hendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen (Someren, NL)
Assignee: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V.
B65B35/00A22C7/0069B65B1/366B65B25/06B65B25/08B65B37/08B65B37/20
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Patent No.
US 9,533,784
App. No.
13/980,778
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a food production line ( 11 ) with a forming apparatus ( 5 ) that comprises a rotating drum ( 1 ), which is utilized to form a product ( 7 ) from a food mass and a packaging machine ( 13 ), which packages the products in a packaging ( 14 ). The present invention further relates to a process for forming a product, whereas several products are formed and subsequently dropped simultaneously from a drum on an accumulation belt.

Claims (46)

1. A food production line with a forming apparatus that comprises:

a rotating drum with a multitude of cavities around its circumference, which is utilized to form a product from a food mass, and

a packaging machine, which packages the product in a packaging,

wherein the cavities are at least partially made from a porous material, through which air is injected to remove the product from the cavities,

wherein the product drops from the cavities directly into the packaging, and

wherein the food production line comprises an interleaver storage and an interleaver carriage to provide an interleaver under and/or between two products.

2. The food production line according to claim 1 , wherein the packaging is located on a transportation belt.

3. The food production line according to claim 2 , wherein a height of the transportion belt is adjustable.

4. The food production line according to claim 2 , wherein a position of the transportion belt is horizontally adjustable relative to the drum.

5. The food production line according to claim 2 , wherein the transportation belt stands still when the product drops from the cavities.

6. The food production line according to claim 1 , wherein the packaging is located on a transportation belt, and the transportation belt stands still when the product drops from the cavities.

7. The food production line according to claim 1 , wherein the packaging is moved on a transportation belt parallel to an axis of rotation of the drum.

8. A food production line with a forming apparatus that comprises:

a rotating drum with a multitude of cavities around its circumference, which is utilized to form a product from a food mass, and

a packaging machine, which packages the product in a packaging,

wherein the cavities are at least partially made from a porous material, through which air is injected to remove the product from the cavities,

wherein the product drops from the cavities directly into the packaging,

wherein at least two products are stacked or shingled in the packaging, and

wherein the food production line comprises an interleaver storage and an interleaver carriage to provide an interleaver under and/or between two products.

9. The food production line according to claim 8 , wherein the packaging is located on a transportation belt,

wherein a height of the transportion belt is adjustable, and

wherein a position of the transportion belt is horizontally adjustable relative to the drum.

10. The food production line according to claim 8 , wherein the packaging is moved parallel to an axis of rotation of the drum.

11. A food production line with a forming apparatus that comprises:

a rotating drum with a multitude of cavities around its circumference, which is utilized to form a product from a food mass, and

a packaging machine, which packages the product in a packaging,

wherein the cavities are at least partially made from a porous material, through which air is injected to remove the product from the cavities,

wherein the cavities are arranged in parallel in a row,

wherein the product drops from the cavities directly into the packaging, and

wherein the food production line comprises an interleaver storage and an interleaver carriage to provide an interleaver under and/or between two products.

12. The food production line according to claim 11 , wherein the packaging is located on a transportation belt,

wherein a height of the transportion belt is adjustable, and

wherein a position of the transportion belt is horizontally adjustable relative to the drum.

13. The food production line according to claim 11 , wherein the packaging is moved on a transportation belt parallel to an axis of rotation of the drum.

14. A food production line with a forming apparatus that comprises:

a rotating drum with a multitude of cavities around its circumference, which is utilized to form a product from a food mass, and

a packaging machine, which packages the product in a packaging,

wherein the cavities are at least partially made from a porous material, through which air is injected to remove the product from the cavities,

wherein the cavities are arranged in parallel in a row,

wherein the product drops from the cavities directly into the packaging,

wherein at least two products are stacked or shingled in the packaging,

wherein the food production line comprises an interleaver storage and an interleaver carriage to provide an interleaver under and/or between two products.

15. The food production line according to claim 14 , wherein the packaging is located on a transportation belt, and

wherein a height of the transportion belt is adjustable.

16. The food production line according to claim 15 , wherein wherein a position of the transportion belt is horizontally adjustable relative to the drum.

17. The food production line according to claim 14 , wherein the packaging is moved parallel to an axis of rotation of the drum.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 25, 2016
From: CFS BAKEL B.V.
To: GEA CFS BAKEL B.V.
Reel/Frame 039460/0766 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 25, 2016
From: GEA CFS BAKEL B.V.
To: GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V.
Reel/Frame 039460/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2013
From: VAN GERWEN, HENDRIKUS PETRUS GERARDUS
To: CFS BAKEL B.V.
Reel/Frame 030840/0735 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 11000571 · Jan 25, 2011 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130291483A1 · Nov 7, 2013