Foods and beverages: apparatus – Edible laminated product making apparatus
Patent
1976-01-19
1978-09-12
Hornsby, Harvey C.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Edible laminated product making apparatus
99494, 83121, 834061, 118 15, 198575, A23P 100
Patent
active
041128346
ABSTRACT:
An improved apparatus is provided for depositing pepperoni slices which may have a relatively high fat content and grated cheese on a series of pizza pie shells made of pastry. The apparatus includes a main conveyor which is continuously operated to sequentially move pizze pie shells along a path extending through a food processing station. A carriage at the food processing station moves a stick of pepperoni relative to a rotating blade to slice pieces of pepperoni from the stick. A secondary conveyor receives the slices of pepperoni and positively moves the slices of pepperoni toward a pastry shell being moved by the main conveyor. The secondary conveyor includes surfaces which apply forces to opposite sides of the pepperoni slices to grip the slices and positively move them toward the main conveyor. At another food processing station, a body of cheese is sliced into elongated pieces by a grater. A second cutter severs the elongated pieces of cheese into relatively short lengths. The short lengths of cheese are deposited on a pizza pie shell being moved by the main conveyor. The bodies of cheese are advantageously gripped between a pair of walls which are movable to release the body of cheese after each slicing operation so that the body of cheese can fall by gravity into correct position for a next succeeding slicing operation. The pepperoni and cheese processing apparatus can be used either separately or together in making a pizza or other food.
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Hornsby Harvey C.
Pous Robert
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