公开(公告)号：US20240049743A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US18257000

申请日：2021-12-10

Applicant: SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.

Inventor： THOMAS ALOISIUS VALENTINUS AMEND

IPC: A23G9/24 ,  A23G9/26 ,  A23G9/48 ,  A23G9/50 ,  B65G47/90

CPC classification number: A23G9/245 ,  A23G9/26 ,  A23G9/48 ,  A23G9/503 ,  B65G47/90 ,  B65G2201/0202

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for decorating frozen confectionery (1) on sticks, the apparatus comprising: a coating station (4) for applying coating material onto the frozen confectionery (1), a particle dispensing station (7) for applying particles onto the coated frozen confectionery, a conveyor (3) for moving the frozen confectionery past the coating station and the particle dispensing station, the conveyor (3) comprising gripping means (2) arranged on the conveyor (3) and having a product attached position and an opened position for gripping and releasing the stick of the frozen confectionery (1), and the conveyor (3) comprising guides for moving the gripping means with the frozen confectionery between a vertical position and a horizontal position, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a heating station (11) installed at a position between the coating station (4) and the particle dispensing station (7), and wherein the gripping means (2) are arranged to hold the frozen confectionery in the horizontal position when passing the heating station (11) and the particle dispensing station (7), and optionally coating removal means (6) for removing coating material on one side of the frozen confectionery, which coating removal means (6) are at a position after the coating station (4) in the direction of the movement of the conveyor (3) and before the particle dispensing station. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing decorated frozen confectionery on sticks making use of the apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20230416021A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US18341442

申请日：2023-06-26

Applicant: The Henry Group

Inventor： James Troy Henry ,  Brent E. Stevenson ,  Richard M. Toth ,  Calan B. Ashmore

IPC: B65G57/16 ,  B65G57/03 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/42

CPC classification number: B65G57/165 ,  B65G57/035 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/42 ,  B65G2201/0202

Abstract: A taco stacking apparatus comprises a conveyor assembly for moving taco shells along a predefined pathway. A stacking receptacle defines a channel for receiving taco shells transferred from the conveyor assembly. A stacking receptacle actuator lowers the stacking receptacle as additional taco shells are added to a stack of taco shells. A plunger assembly transfers a taco shell from the conveyor assembly to the stacking receptacle. A dispensing assembly removes the stack of taco shells from the stacking receptacle.

公开(公告)号：US20230416005A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US17847325

申请日：2022-06-23

Applicant: ARNOLD JÄGER HOLDING GMBH

Inventor： Carson CHRISTIAN ,  Jessica REED ,  Jason CACKLEY ,  Scott KOPPEN ,  Leon BOGUCKI

IPC: B65G15/56 ,  B65G15/50

CPC classification number: B65G15/56 ,  B65G15/50 ,  B65G2201/0202

Abstract: A rod belt, in particular for rod belt conveyors of agricultural machines, the rod belt having a running direction and comprising: tensile stress-resistant, elastic and continuous belts running in parallel to one another; transverse rods arranged perpendicular to the running direction and parallel to one another in a pre-determined rod spacing, each transverse rod having mounting sections with which the transverse rods rests on the belts, wherein the transverse rods are fastened to the belts by attachment means, passing through the mounting sections of the transverse rods and the belts; and protective forge covers attached to the belts, each forge cover having a mounting profile and a flexible protection profile.

公开(公告)号：US11845577B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-19

申请号：US18150271

申请日：2023-01-05

Applicant: PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Jürgen Bialy

IPC: B65B35/44 ,  B65B25/06 ,  B65B35/30 ,  B65B35/54 ,  B65G47/08 ,  B65G15/24 ,  B65G37/00 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/31 ,  B65G47/32

CPC classification number: B65B35/44 ,  B65B25/06 ,  B65B25/065 ,  B65B25/068 ,  B65B35/30 ,  B65B35/54 ,  B65G15/24 ,  B65G37/00 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/084 ,  B65G47/086 ,  B65G47/31 ,  B65G47/32 ,  B65G2201/0202 ,  Y10T83/2192

Abstract: A method of using a conveyor device is provided for conveying food products in stacks or interleaved units made of a plurality of slices of cheese or meat products. The method formats the food products in a specific product format on a plurality of parallel conveyor tracks, and fills a product gap on one of the plurality of parallel conveyor tracks incoming on the input side with a food product so that on the output side all parallel conveyor tracks are supplied with the food products.

公开(公告)号：US11832639B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US17815653

申请日：2022-07-28

Applicant: Robert G. Nothum, Jr.

Inventor： Robert G. Nothum, Jr.

IPC: A23P20/12 ,  B65G17/12 ,  B65G21/08

CPC classification number: A23P20/12 ,  B65G17/12 ,  B65G21/08 ,  B65G2201/0202

Abstract: Food process-line coating apparatus for coating a stream of food product in a food process line are provided with the improvement of a permanently-installed internal cleaning-fluid circuit and a plurality cleaning-fluid distribution devices. The cleaning-fluid distribution devices are any of a rotary spray head, a spherical spray nozzle, a rotary frame or a tubular (cylindrical) rotary manifold. The rotary spray head optionally has a multitude of flat spray nozzles mounted along the arms. The spherical spray nozzle might be mounted on a columnar base, and a plurality of those might stand like pickets and aimed a laterally-extending target, like a conveyor belt's nose roller. The rotary frame might have a spaced pair of parallel manifold tubes that rotate about a common axis. The tubular (cylindrical) rotary manifold preferably has a multitude of ports or nozzles distributed at spaced locations on its outer sidewall.

公开(公告)号：US11807472B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17099084

申请日：2020-11-16

Applicant: Prime Equipment Group, LLC

Inventor： Geno N. Gasbarro

IPC: B65G47/82 ,  A22C21/00 ,  B65G15/58 ,  B65G39/02 ,  B65G37/00

CPC classification number: B65G47/82 ,  A22C21/0092 ,  B65G15/58 ,  B65G37/00 ,  B65G39/02 ,  B65G2201/0202

Abstract: An apparatus 10 for removing the skin of poultry pieces at a skinning station 12 includes an infeed conveyor 14 for transporting or feeding poultry pieces to the skinning station 12. The infeed conveyor 14 includes an endless belt 16 that is trained around an end roller 18 at the downstream end of the infeed conveyor. A pinch block 20 is configured with a concave pinch surface 22 having curvature closely following the curvature of the endless belt 16 trained around the end roller 18 to define a narrow gap 24 therebetween for capturing the skin of the poultry piece and forcing the skin through the gap 24, thereby pulling the skin away from the underlying flesh of the poultry piece. A transfer roller 26 assists in transferring the skinned poultry piece to an outfeed conveyor 28. A hold down structure 30 is provided for applying downward pressure on the poultry piece as the poultry piece is carried by the infeed conveyor 14 towards the skinning station 12, while the poultry skin is being removed, and also while the skinned poultry piece is being transferred to the outfeed conveyor 28.

公开(公告)号：US20230339690A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US18024757

申请日：2021-09-08

Applicant: Alan Lewis Fitzmaurice

Inventor： Alan Lewis Fitzmaurice

IPC: B65G21/20 ,  B65G15/44 ,  B65G15/24

CPC classification number: B65G21/20 ,  B65G15/44 ,  B65G15/24 ,  B65G2201/0202 ,  B65G2207/26

Abstract: A slotted conveyor floor 16 in milling tandem, slots 34 extend across the direction of liquid flow shown by arrow 35 which is against the flow of fibre. The slots are cut through the material of floor 16 on the vertical as depicted by centre-line 35 taken relative to the inclination of floor 16. Thus the centre-line corresponds to gravity feed for the liquid. Rather than being directly across the floor 16, the slots are inclined in the direction of flow. The fibre is in the opposite flow relation to the liquid, in this example, the slots are across the line of the fibre and are about 6 mm wide and 180 mm long with about 60 mm spacing. Adjacent lines of slots are set interdigital in the direction of travel. This arrangement minimises fibre being trapped in the slots as the fibre is being carried by the rakes up the floor.

公开(公告)号：US20230312252A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US17624277

申请日：2021-12-27

Applicant: Guiyang PENG ,  HAINAN DENDROBIUM HEALTH INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.

Inventor： Guiyang PENG ,  Wu LI ,  Xiangming NING ,  Wanxing ZHANG ,  Xiaoping CHEN ,  Haisong FU ,  Guobing WU ,  Wei DENG

IPC: B65G13/06 ,  A01G24/00

CPC classification number: B65G13/06 ,  A01G24/00 ,  B65G2201/0202

Abstract: The application discloses a method for replacing seedbed culture substrate and a conveyor belt seedbed, the flatbed truck is used to receive the dropped culture substrate at the end of the conveyor belt that has been driven all the time, without manual removal by workers. The conveyor belt continues to drive until the flatbed truck is fully loaded or only when the culture substrate on the conveyor belt is emptied, only need to place the flatbed truck full of culture substrate at the head end of the conveyor belt when placing new culture substrate, and turn on the conveyor belt, which speeds up the efficiency of replacing the culture substrate, and this method only requires one person can complete the replacement of the culture substrate on the seedbed, which solves the technical problem that the existing method of replacing the culture substrate is to manually remove the culture substrate on the seedbed, which leads to the long time for replacing the culture substrate and low work efficiency.

公开(公告)号：US20230242352A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US17918715

申请日：2021-04-16

Applicant: RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.

Inventor： Akira TODATE ,  Shingo NAOI

IPC: B65G47/31 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G43/10 ,  B65G47/38

CPC classification number: B65G47/31 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G43/10 ,  B65G47/38 ,  B65G2201/0202

Abstract: An arranging conveyor system has outlet conveyors in a plurality of lines, intermediate conveyors in the plurality of lines, and transferring/discharging conveyors in the plurality of lines. When a discharging interval has not passed from a previous discharging action and a predetermined clog condition in a specific line is fulfilled, a conveyed object which is present in the specific line at a stop position on the transferring/discharging conveyor is discharged outside of the arranging conveyor system.

公开(公告)号：US11685608B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16832835

申请日：2020-03-27

Applicant: WEBER MASCHINENBAU GMBH BREIDENBACH

Inventor： Jens Schröder

IPC: B65G21/12 ,  B65G47/26 ,  B65G47/64 ,  B65B57/10 ,  B65B35/24 ,  B65G15/12 ,  B65G39/16 ,  B65G43/00 ,  B65G47/76

CPC classification number: B65G21/12 ,  B65B35/24 ,  B65B57/10 ,  B65G15/12 ,  B65G39/16 ,  B65G43/00 ,  B65G47/26 ,  B65G47/642 ,  B65G47/766 ,  B65G2201/0202 ,  B65G2203/0233 ,  B65G2203/0291 ,  B65G2203/042 ,  B65G2203/044 ,  B65G2207/14

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the single-track or multi-track conveying of objects along a conveying path extending in a conveying direction, wherein the conveying path for at least one track comprises at least one conveying device that takes over objects at the input side from a functional unit connected upstream and that transfers objects at the output side to a functional unit connected downstream; and wherein the conveying device as a whole and/or in an output-side end region is adjustable transversely to the conveying direction by means of an adjustment device such that the transverse position of objects to be transferred is changed within the respective track.