Foods and beverages: apparatus – Means to treat food – Subdividing into plural products
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-25
2011-01-25
Pelham, Joseph M (Department: 3742)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Means to treat food
Subdividing into plural products
C198S345100, C198S419100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07874246
ABSTRACT:
A food product alignment device for a conveyor includes a plurality of upright pins that act in pin pairs to align respective food products that approach the pin pairs on a moving conveyor. Particularly for round food products or food product stacks, a misaligned round food product will slightly pivot on the moving conveyor when contacting a first pin to be evenly positioned between the two pins of the respective pin pair. The pins are retractable to a position beneath the conveyor after the food products are aligned to allow the aligned food products to continue proceeding on the conveyor.
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Lindee Scott A.
Pryor Glen F.
Erickson Law Group, PC
Formax, Inc.
Pelham Joseph M
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