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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331162 | Package sealer for slicing machine A slicing machine has a deposition surface adapted to support a fusible bottom sheet. Slices are cut from a foodstuff and deposited as a stack on the bottom sheet on the surface between edges of the surface so that a fusible top sheet can be placed atop the stack. R... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328555 | Plant and device for the continuous packing of food products in modified atmosphere A plant (10) for the continuous packing of food products in modified atmosphere (11), comprises a machine (12) for continuous packing of food products in modified atmosphere and conveyor (13) for the continuous sequential feeding of food ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7121066 | Installation for slicing and packaging bread An installation for slicing whole loaves and packaging each sliced loaf in its entirety or in halves after splitting of the loaf that has been sliced in its entirety. The installation comprises a slicing device for slicing whole loaves, and a packaging device... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7059102 | Method for producing a casing In a process for the manufacture of packs, for a product in portions, with a paste-like product that is to be packaged, especially sausages, in a foil tube (15), starting from a band-shaped flat foil (1), which has been provided unilaterally with a con... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6941730 | Slicing and vacuum-packing assembly The invention relates to an operating and vacuum packaging machine comprising a handling or processing machine for the handling or processing of a product to be vacuum packed, and a vacuum packing unit designed to work sequentially with said operating machine. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6860091 | Apparatus for dividing pastries and inserting dividers An apparatus for cutting separate portions of a food product and inserting dividers between adjacent portions, in which a cutting blade is ultrasonically energized during a first cutting movement, the blade is withdrawn while a divider sheet is inserted between the ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6666006 | Sheet feeder and sealer for automatic slicing machine A slicing machine has a main housing having a horizontal conveyor surface and a subassembly in the main housing for cutting slices from a foodstuff and depositing them on the conveyor surface. A supply housing immediately upstream of the main housing carr... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6351927 | Device for portioning foodstuffs, in particular ground meat, to be packed in trays or the like The invention relates to a portioning device for packaging in containers such as trays a pre-established amount of foodstuff such as ground meat, supplied through an extrusion plate of a grinder, which lays down a mass of ground meat in a continuous strip... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6318225 | Tortilla cutter An automatic tortilla cutter (10) able to cut stacked tortillas utilizing an openable housing (12) having a left housing (12L) and a right housing (12R) pivotally mounted on a housing bracket (12F) therebetween. The cutter (14) is positioned over the hous... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6279302 | Sheet-interposing device for automatic slicing machine A slicing machine that deposits foodstuff slices in a stack atop a support in a stacking station has a sheet-interposing device provided with a supply roll of sheet material and a feed roller for feeding a leading end of the sheet material in a direction ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6050064 | Tablet packing apparatus A tablet packing apparatus is provided which can split a tablet into halves and wrap each of the half tablets automatically. Tablet supply section 1 supplies tablets housed therein kind by kind. Tablet cutting section 2 cuts a tablet supplied from the tab... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5918444 | Cold cut slicer with packaging device A cold cut slicer having a packaging device is comprised of a sheeting roll having a pulling-out device, and a cutting device for supporting sheets or covering sheets, which are grasped by a swivel arm having evacuatable suction heads and which are brough... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5876777 | Food item fabricating apparatus and methods Apparatus (10) is disclosed including first and second forming rollers (18, 21) which rotatably abut with an anvil roller (20). The forming rollers (18, 21) each include a periphery forming a continuous forming surface including a plurality of axially and... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5846588 | Food item fabricating apparatus and methods Apparatus (10) is disclosed including first and second forming rollers (18, 21) which rotatably abut with an anvil roller (20). The forming rollers (18, 21) each include a periphery forming a continuous forming surface including a plurality of axially and... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5755077 | Food item fabricating apparatus and methods Apparatus (10) is disclosed including first and second forming rollers (18, 21) which rotatably abut with an anvil roller (20). The forming rollers (18, 21) each include a periphery forming a continuous forming surface including a plurality of axially and... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5724787 | Apparatus for the production of packages The invention relates to an apparatus for producing packages containing sliced food products, in which the slices are rolled up into individual rolls by a rolling facility and deposited in a package.... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5570562 | Multi-lane extended product transfer filling machine A multi-lane extended product transfer filling machine for filling multiple lanes of containers simultaneously. The machine fills pockets with a sized portion at a product sizing station. The pockets are mounted to a chain which transfers the filled pocke... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5281429 | Apparatus and method for dispensing defined portions of ice cream or a like deformable product The apparatus and method relates to an automatic dispenser for dispensing portions of a product such as ice cream from a supply comprising a coiled tubular casing in which the ice cream is encased. The end of the casing is fed into the apparatus and, as t... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5205106 | Rolled food item fabricating apparatus and methods A rolled food item is fabricated by advancing food (14) and a sheet of support material (16) between the rollers (18, 20) of a strip sheeter (12) where the food (14) fills grooves (24) of the first roller (18) to deposit the food (14) in continuous strips... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5148655 | Slicer and bagger for substantially flat food products An apparatus for slicing and bagging substantially flat food products comprising a frame and a holder conforming to the shape of the food product to be sliced for holding the food in vertical stacked alignment and removably attached to the frame and havin... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4642971 | Method and apparatus for trimming product from can flange area A method and apparatus for cutting debris from the flange area of a can includes directing a pressurized jet onto the flange area while rotating the can about its longitudinal axis. A plunger carries an anvil which is inserted into the can and shields its... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4560567 | Method for the preparation and packing of food products, in particular fish products, of long keeping quality A method for the preparation and packing of food products, in particular fish products of long keeping quality, includes disintegrating and sterilizing the fish and allowing the sterilized fish mass to coagulate under pressure in a forming and filling pip... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4475426 | Apparatus for supplying chewing gum to a packaging machine The apparatus for supplying chewing gum along a path to the driven feeder of a packaging machine includes a magazine, a scoring device, a pushing device for advancing chewing gum slabs from the magazine to the scoring device and a transfer device for adva... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4027457 | Film covered cut item and process This invention provides a process for cutting a film covered item without piercing the covering film. Basically, the process comprises the steps of mounting an item on a compressible base and covering the mounted item with a resilient film, and then conta... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3988875 | Apparatus for producing and packaging food chips Apparatus for use in the automatic stacking and packaging of potato chips made by mixing potato chip flakes and water to create a dough, which dough is then rolled into a sheet and cut into dough chips. After frying, the dough chips are all of substantial... | 11/02/1976 |
