Abstract

A sandwich making machine for automatically making sandwiches having filling material located between the two cookie halves. The machine comprises a dividing mechanism for receiving rows of cookie halves and for automatically directing alternate rows of cookie halves to a top conveyor and a bottom conveyor. The bottom conveyor is positioned below the divider mechanism and the top conveyor is positioned adjacent the divider mechanism. A cookie aligning mechanism comprising a deadplate and a pusher bar is positioned adjacent the bottom conveyor and under the top conveyor to receive cookie halves and feed the cookie halves in aligned rows onto the bottom conveyor. A filling applicator is located above the bottom conveyor and in the path of travel of the bottom conveyor for applying filling to rows of cookie halves carried by the bottom conveyor. The top conveyor transports alternate rows of cookie halves and deposits the cookie halves at a sandwich location downstream from the filling applicator. The cookie halves from the top conveyor are deposited onto a deadplate and pushed from the deadplate by a pusher bar which aligns the cookie halves and deposits the cookie halves on the topped halves at the capping point.