Registers – Package operated – Package operated switch
Patent
1996-01-31
1998-06-09
Gellner, Michael L.
Registers
Package operated
Package operated switch
198431, 209651, 4147907, G01C 2200, B61L 116, G06M 700
Patent
active
057638616
ABSTRACT:
Problems in counting and stacking fried food products such as tostadas are solved by an improved counter/stacker device in which tortilla food products ride a first moving belt through a photoelectric counting station. After being counted the product drops into a stack retainer shaped to hold the product. A series of stack retainers are arranged along the length of a flexible, intermittently moving, continuous belt. When the counting station signals that the required number of product have been counted and deposited into a stack, the flexible belt bearing the stack retainer is rapidly advanced to bring an empty stack retainer into position beneath the counting station. The stack retainers ensure that the product stacks do not shift and are stationary for a period of time, thereby facilitating manual or automatic packaging of the product.
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Abarca Marciano
Herrera Michael
Andras Joseph C.
Casa Herrera, Inc.
Chapik Daniel
Gellner Michael L.
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