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Accumulator and transfer system and method for delivering food product to a bag

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-05-02
F R DRAKE
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The present invention is an improvement to a frankfurter loader that allows for continuous loading of product into bags. It uses an intermediate holding area known as an accumulation cage to buffer the product before delivery to the bag. The accumulation cage can hold multiple layers of product and continuously delivers them to the bag. This invention enables a constant flow of product from the frankfurter loader to the bag, improving production efficiency and product quality.

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One challenge of this design was to transition the product loading height from one appropriate for a horizontal form fill and seal packaging machine, to a height of approximately 34″ to be ergonomically suitable for a human being.

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[0027]Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments and methods of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the drawings. It should be noted, however, that the invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific details, representative devices and methods, and illustrative examples shown and described in connection with the exemplary embodiments and methods.

[0028]This description of exemplary embodiments is intended to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings, which are to be considered part of the entire written description. In the description, relative terms such as “horizontal,”“vertical,”“front,”“rear,”“upper”, “lower”, “top” and “bottom” as well as derivatives thereof (e.g., “horizontally,”“downwardly,”“upwardly,” etc.) should be construed to refer to the orientation as then described or as shown in the drawing figure under discussion and...

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Abstract

A transfer system is provided for a food product, comprising an accumulation cage to buffer product being delivered from a loader system; and a transfer mechanism to deliver a predetermined number of food product from the accumulation cage to a chute which itself delivers the predetermined number of food products to a receptacle. The loader system may run continuously to deliver product to the accumulator cage while the transfer mechanism delivers the predetermined number of food product to the chute.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to the field of tubular food handling machinery, such as sausages and hot dogs. Specifically, this invention relates to the field of hopper equipped product launchers wherein tubular food products are fed to a product bagger through an accumulation cage, transfer bucket and transfer chute to increase packing speed for product being delivered to a polyester heat sealed bag or similar packaging.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Packing machines for all types of foods are very common and have been widely used for many years. Typically, processed food articles have a uniform shape which renders them conducive to high speed automated packaging machines. The processed food articles move along a conveyor to a filling head and into trays, boxes or some other form of packaging container. Often, the containers also are on a high speed conveyor which moves the containers with the loaded food articles to a wrapping station or another processing ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65B39/00
CPCB65B19/34
Inventor HENRIQUES, DEVINMARTIN, GREGGREED, GEORGE
Owner F R DRAKE