公开(公告)号：US20180281242A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US16002508

申请日：2018-06-07

申请人： Scott A. Lindee ,  David Hansen ,  Salvatore Lamartino ,  Bruce Bauer ,  Thomas C. Wolcott ,  Steve Ill ,  E. William Wight

发明人： Scott A. Lindee ,  David Hansen ,  Salvatore Lamartino ,  Bruce Bauer ,  Thomas C. Wolcott ,  Steve Ill ,  E. William Wight

IPC分类号： B29C37/00 ,  A22C7/00 ,  B30B11/12

CPC分类号： B29C37/0003 ,  A22C7/0038 ,  A22C7/0069 ,  A22C7/0084 ,  A22C7/0092 ,  B29C45/2725 ,  B29C45/4005 ,  B30B11/12

摘要： A rotary molding system for molding food products, mold cavities formed when a mold shell rotates mold shapes disposed along the mold shell into a fill position between a fill plate and a wear plate. Molded food products are removed from mold cavities using knock-out cups, the use of air pressure, or the use of a vacuum source disposed below the mold cavity, without the need to slow the rotation of the mold shell. Knock-out cups may be used with a heating system to reduce accumulation of unwanted materials on the knock-out cups. The rotary molding system can also be used to form products with contoured surfaces. A smart tagging system can be used to ensure that compatible sets of mold shells and knock out cups are being used. A vacuum region may be disposed upstream of the fill position to remove air within the mold cavity prior to filling.

公开(公告)号：US08616103B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-31

申请号：US12255623

申请日：2008-10-21

申请人： Scott A. Lindee ,  James E. Pasek

发明人： Scott A. Lindee ,  James E. Pasek

IPC分类号： B23D19/00 ,  B23D45/00 ,  B26D1/14 ,  B27B5/00 ,  B27B5/18

CPC分类号： B26D7/0683 ,  A22C17/0093 ,  B26D1/143 ,  B26D5/00 ,  B26D5/08 ,  B26D5/32 ,  B26D5/34 ,  B26D5/42 ,  B26D7/00 ,  B26D7/06 ,  B26D7/0608 ,  B26D7/0625 ,  B26D7/088 ,  B26D7/18 ,  B26D7/22 ,  B26D7/225 ,  B26D7/24 ,  B26D7/30 ,  B26D7/32 ,  B26D2007/011 ,  B26D2210/02 ,  B26D2210/08 ,  F16P3/144 ,  Y10S83/932 ,  Y10T83/04 ,  Y10T83/0467 ,  Y10T83/061 ,  Y10T83/081 ,  Y10T83/166 ,  Y10T83/182 ,  Y10T83/2048 ,  Y10T83/2137 ,  Y10T83/2192 ,  Y10T83/242 ,  Y10T83/531 ,  Y10T83/647 ,  Y10T83/6536 ,  Y10T83/6563 ,  Y10T83/6577 ,  Y10T83/6579 ,  Y10T83/6582 ,  Y10T83/6616 ,  Y10T83/662 ,  Y10T83/6668 ,  Y10T83/6945 ,  Y10T83/741 ,  Y10T83/768 ,  Y10T83/7868 ,  Y10T83/85 ,  Y10T83/95 ,  Y10T409/30392

摘要： A food article slicing machine includes a slicing station, a food article feed apparatus, and an automated blade retraction mechanism. The food article feed apparatus supports one or more food articles for movement along food article paths intersecting the cutting path. The automated blade retraction mechanism periodically retracts the blade from the cutting plane to make empty cuts during a continuous cutting operation. The retracting mechanism includes a sliding member arranged outside the blade shaft, the sliding member guided for sliding movement and non-rotation and arranged to exert a sliding force on the blade shaft. A linear actuator causes the sliding member to slide and exert a sliding force on the blade shaft to retract the knife blade away from the cutting plane in a direction along the axis of the blade shaft.

摘要翻译： 食品切片机包括切片台，食品供给装置和自动叶片回缩机构。 食品制品供给装置支撑一个或多个食品，以沿着与切割路径相交的食品路径移动。 在连续切割操作期间，自动叶片退缩机构周期性地将切割刀片从切割平面缩回以进行空切割。 回缩机构包括设置在叶片轴的外侧的滑动构件，滑动构件被引导以滑动运动和不旋转，并且布置成在叶片轴上施加滑动力。 线性致动器使得滑动构件滑动并在叶片轴上施加滑动力，以沿着叶片轴的轴线的方向使刀片从切割平面离开。

公开(公告)号：US08469697B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-25

申请号：US13187426

申请日：2011-07-20

申请人： Scott A. Lindee ,  David Hansen ,  Salvatore Lamartino ,  Bruce Bauer ,  Thomas C. Wolcott ,  Steve Ill ,  E. William Wight

发明人： Scott A. Lindee ,  David Hansen ,  Salvatore Lamartino ,  Bruce Bauer ,  Thomas C. Wolcott ,  Steve Ill ,  E. William Wight

IPC分类号： B29C45/42

CPC分类号： B29C37/0003 ,  A22C7/0038 ,  A22C7/0069 ,  A22C7/0084 ,  A22C7/0092 ,  B29C45/2725 ,  B29C45/4005 ,  B30B11/12

摘要： A rotary molding system for molding food products, mold cavities formed when a mold shell rotates mold shapes disposed along the mold shell into a fill position between a fill plate and a wear plate. Molded food products are removed from mold cavities using knock-out cups, the use of air pressure, or the use of a vacuum source disposed below the mold cavity, without the need to slow the rotation of the mold shell. Knock-out cups may be used with a heating system to reduce accumulation of unwanted materials on the knock-out cups. The rotary molding system can also be used to form products with contoured surfaces. A smart tagging system can be used to ensure that compatible sets of mold shells and knock out cups are being used. A vacuum region may be disposed upstream of the fill position to remove air within the mold cavity prior to filling.

摘要翻译： 一种用于模制食品的旋转模制系统，当模具壳沿着模壳旋转模具形状时形成的模具腔，形成填充板和耐磨板之间的填充位置。 使用分离杯，使用空气压力或使用设置在模具腔下方的真空源将模制食品从模腔中移除，而不需要减慢模具壳的旋转。 敲出杯可以与加热系统一起使用，以减少不必要的材料在分离杯上的积聚。 旋转成型系统也可用于形成具有轮廓表面的产品。 可以使用智能标签系统来确保正在使用相容的模具壳和敲门杯。 可以在填充位置的上游设置真空区域，以在填充之前去除模腔内的空气。

公开(公告)号：US20120058213A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-08

申请号：US13187426

申请日：2011-07-20

申请人： Scott A. Lindee ,  David Hansen ,  Salvatore Lamartino ,  Bruce Baure ,  Thomas C. Wolcott ,  Steve Ill ,  E. William Wight

发明人： Scott A. Lindee ,  David Hansen ,  Salvatore Lamartino ,  Bruce Baure ,  Thomas C. Wolcott ,  Steve Ill ,  E. William Wight

IPC分类号： B28B7/10 ,  B28B7/00 ,  A23P1/10

CPC分类号： B29C37/0003 ,  A22C7/0038 ,  A22C7/0069 ,  A22C7/0084 ,  A22C7/0092 ,  B29C45/2725 ,  B29C45/4005 ,  B30B11/12

摘要： A rotary molding system for molding food products, mold cavities formed when a mold shell rotates mold shapes disposed along the mold shell into a fill position between a fill plate and a wear plate. Molded food products are removed from mold cavities using knock-out cups, the use of air pressure, or the use of a vacuum source disposed below the mold cavity, without the need to slow the rotation of the mold shell. Knock-out cups may be used with a heating system to reduce accumulation of unwanted materials on the knock-out cups. The rotary molding system can also be used to form products with contoured surfaces. A smart tagging system can be used to ensure that compatible sets of mold shells and knock out cups are being used. A vacuum region may be disposed upstream of the fill position to remove air within the mold cavity prior to filling.

摘要翻译： 一种用于模制食品的旋转模制系统，当模具壳沿着模壳旋转模具形状时形成的模具腔，形成填充板和耐磨板之间的填充位置。 使用分离杯，使用空气压力或使用设置在模具腔下方的真空源将模制食品从模腔中移除，而不需要减慢模具壳的旋转。 敲出杯可以与加热系统一起使用，以减少不必要的材料在分离杯上的积聚。 旋转成型系统也可用于形成具有轮廓表面的产品。 可以使用智能标签系统来确保正在使用相容的模具壳和敲门杯。 可以在填充位置的上游设置真空区域，以在填充之前去除模腔内的空气。

公开(公告)号：US07416753B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-26

申请号：US10942755

申请日：2004-09-16

申请人： Scott A. Lindee ,  David Hansen ,  David Hancock

发明人： Scott A. Lindee ,  David Hansen ,  David Hancock

IPC分类号： A22C7/00

CPC分类号： A22C7/0038 ,  A22C7/0023 ,  A22C7/003 ,  A22C7/0084 ,  A23P30/10

摘要： A breather air and food product fines pumping system for a reciprocating mold plate food product forming machine pumps air and fines to a collection area. A pumping surface is provided by a rearward facing surface of the mold plate. A pumping chamber is arranged between the pumping surface and a food product fines collection area. The rearward facing surface of the mold plate defines a movable limit of the pumping chamber. A valve element of a first valve is arranged between the pumping chamber and the collection area to create suction in the pumping chamber when the rearward facing surface of the mold plate is moving forward, and to allow the pumping chamber to pump air and fines into the collection area when the rearward facing surface of the mold plate is moving rearward. Breather holes in a breather plate are in communication with a breather passage that is in communication with the pumping chamber and with outside air through further valve arrangements. The further valve arrangements and the first valve act to flush the breather passage with outside air to drive air and fines in the breather passage into the pumping chamber where it is then pumped to the collection area.

摘要翻译： 用于往复式模板食品成型机的呼吸器空气和食品产品细粉泵送系统将空气和细粒泵送到收集区域。 泵送表面由模板的面向后的表面提供。 泵送室设置在泵送面和食品收集区之间。 模板的朝后的表面限定了泵送室的可移动极限。 第一阀的阀元件布置在泵送室和收集区之间，以在模板向后的表面向前移动时在泵送室中产生抽吸，并且允许泵送室将空气和细粒泵入 当模板的朝后表面向后移动时的收集区域。 通气板中的通气孔与与泵送室连通的通气通道连通，并且通过另外的阀装置与外部空气连通。 另外的阀装置和第一阀用于以外部空气冲洗通气通道，以驱动空气和通气孔中的细粉进入泵送室，然后泵送到收集区域。

公开(公告)号：US06454559B1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-24

申请号：US09790931

申请日：2001-02-22

申请人： Scott A. Lindee

发明人： Scott A. Lindee

IPC分类号： B29C4518

CPC分类号： A22C7/00

摘要： A mold plate assembly for a patty-forming apparatus includes a reciprocating mold plate having patty-forming cavities, with at least two rows of cavities aligned in a longitudinal direction, and a fill hole located rearwardly of the cavities. The assembly includes a bottom fill plate and a top fill plate structure arranged facing opposite sides of the mold plate. The mold plate reciprocates between a cavity fill position and a patty discharge or knock-out position. Outlet slots are arranged through the top fill plate structure to deliver food product into said mold cavities when the mold plate is in the fill position. During filling of food product into the cavities, a pressurized food product flow distribution path is established through the bottom fill plate, through the fill hole of the mold plate, through the top fill plate structure, through the outlet slots and into the cavities. The fill hole is reciprocated between an open and a closed position with the mold plate, to either allow food product into the mold cavities when the mold plate is in the fill position, or to prevent flow through the outlet slots when the mold plate is in the closed position. The mold plate assembly allows for the use of multiple rows of cavities in the mold plate and ensures consistent filling in both the rearward and forward rows of cavities.

摘要翻译： 一种用于馅饼形成装置的模板组件包括具有馅饼形成腔的往复式模板，具有沿纵向方向排列的至少两排空腔和位于空腔后方的填充孔。 组件包括底板填充板和面向模板相对侧布置的顶部填充板结构。 模具板在空腔填充位置和馅饼排放或排出位置之间往复运动。 当模板处于填充位置时，出口槽布置成穿过顶部填充板结构以将食品输送到所述模具腔中。 在将食品填充到空腔中时，通过底部填充板，通过模板的填充孔，通过顶部填充板结构，通过出口槽并进入空腔来建立加压的食品流动分配路径。 填充孔在打开和关闭位置之间与模具板往复运动，以便当模具板处于填充位置时允许食品进入模具腔，或者当模具板处于填充位置时防止流过出口槽 关闭位置。 模板组件允许在模板中使用多排空腔，并且确保在空腔的向后排和前排中的一致填充。

公开(公告)号：US5724874A

公开(公告)日：1998-03-10

申请号：US690327

申请日：1996-07-25

申请人： Scott A. Lindee ,  Wilbur A. Janssen ,  Thomas C. Wolcott

发明人： Scott A. Lindee ,  Wilbur A. Janssen ,  Thomas C. Wolcott

IPC分类号： B26D1/00 ,  B26D1/16 ,  B26D3/16 ,  B26D5/00 ,  B26D7/01 ,  B26D7/06 ,  B26D7/12 ,  B26D7/22 ,  B26D7/30 ,  B26D7/32

CPC分类号： B26D7/225 ,  B26D1/0006 ,  B26D1/16 ,  B26D3/161 ,  B26D5/00 ,  B26D5/086 ,  B26D7/01 ,  B26D7/06 ,  B26D7/0625 ,  B26D7/0683 ,  B26D7/12 ,  B26D7/22 ,  B26D7/30 ,  B26D7/32 ,  B26D2210/02 ,  Y10S83/932 ,  Y10T83/0467 ,  Y10T83/182 ,  Y10T83/2037 ,  Y10T83/2074 ,  Y10T83/6475

摘要： A high speed food loaf slicing machine slices two food loaves simultaneously, using one cyclically driven knife blade; the slices are stacked or shingled in groups on a receiving conveyor located below the slicing station. Independent loaf feed drives are provided; slices cut from one loaf may be thicker than slices from the other. Each loaf feed drive includes two "short" conveyors each driven at a predetermined speed; the conveyor speeds may be different. In each machine cycle the receiving conveyor is moved down to accommodate an increasing number of slices; when a slicing cycle is completed, the receiving conveyor rapidly discharges the slice groups onto a deceleration conveyor and moves back up to start a new slicing operation. The loaf feed drives are reversed at the end of a slicing cycle, stopped, and then reversed again before the next slicing cycle. In each machine cycle previously cut groups of slices are weighed as they traverse a scale conveyor; the weights thus determined control two transfer conveyors, one for each loaf sliced. The weights also control the loaf feed drives that determine slice thickness.

摘要翻译： 高速食品切片机同时切片两个食物面包片，使用一个循环驱动的刀片; 切片在位于切片台下方的接收输送机上分组堆叠或分层。 提供独立的面包进料驱动器; 从一个面包切割的切片可能比另一个切片切片更厚。 每个面包进料驱动器包括两个以预定速度驱动的“短”输送机; 传送带速度可能不同。 在每个机器循环中，接收输送机向下移动以适应越来越多的切片; 当切片循环完成时，接收输送机将切片组快速排放到减速输送机上并向后移动以开始新的切片操作。 在切片循环结束时，面包进给驱动器反转，停止，然后在下一个切片循环之前再次反转。 在每个机器循环中，当它们穿过刻度输送机时，先前切割的切片组被称重; 如此确定的重量控制两个转移输送机，每个面条切片一个。 重量还控制确定切片厚度的面包进给驱动器。

公开(公告)号：US5566600A

公开(公告)日：1996-10-22

申请号：US320749

申请日：1994-10-11

申请人： Arthur A. Johnson ,  Scott A. Lindee ,  Glenn A. Sandberg

发明人： Arthur A. Johnson ,  Scott A. Lindee ,  Glenn A. Sandberg

IPC分类号： B26D1/00 ,  B26D1/16 ,  B26D3/16 ,  B26D5/00 ,  B26D7/01 ,  B26D7/06 ,  B26D7/12 ,  B26D7/22 ,  B26D7/30 ,  B26D7/32

CPC分类号： B26D7/225 ,  B26D1/0006 ,  B26D1/16 ,  B26D3/161 ,  B26D5/00 ,  B26D5/086 ,  B26D7/01 ,  B26D7/06 ,  B26D7/0625 ,  B26D7/0683 ,  B26D7/12 ,  B26D7/22 ,  B26D7/30 ,  B26D7/32 ,  B26D2007/011 ,  B26D2210/02 ,  Y10S83/932 ,  Y10T83/182 ,  Y10T83/2048 ,  Y10T83/2094 ,  Y10T83/2192 ,  Y10T83/658

摘要： A versatile high speed slicing machine moves first and second food loaves along parallel loaf paths into a slicing station where both loaves are sliced by a cyclically driven knife blade. There are independent loaf feed drives so that slices cut from one loaf may be thicker than slices from the other. The conveyor/transfer system onto which food loaves are deposited as cut includes a receiver located below the slicing station; a lift mechanism moves the receiver down during slicing so that slices always fall about the same distance after being cut. The receiver includes a horizontal conveyor that periodically discharges groups of food loaf slices onto a deceleration conveyor, from which the groups are fed onto a multi-belt scale conveyor. The scale conveyor is aligned with two receiver grids, each grid including plural grid elements interleaved one-for-one with the scale conveyor belts. In each machine cycle a group of food loaf slices is deposited on a grid and weighed. Two slice groups are usually weighed individually and simultaneously. The group weights control two classifier transfer conveyors.

摘要翻译： 多功能高速切片机将第一和第二个食物面沿着平行的路面移动到切片站中，两个面包都由循环驱动的刀片切片。 有独立的面包饲料驱动器，使得从一个面包切割的切片可能比另一个切片更厚。 在其上放置食物面的输送机/输送系统包括位于切片台下方的接收器; 升降机构在切片过程中将接收器向下移动，使切片在切割后总是落在相同的距离处。 接收器包括一个水平输送机，其周期性地将一组食物面包片排放到减速输送机上，这些组被输送到多皮带秤输送机上。 刻度输送机与两个接收器格栅对准，每个格栅包括多个网格元件，与格式传送带一一对准地交错。 在每个机器周期中，一组食物面包片沉积在网格上并称重。 通常单独和同时称重两个切片组。 组重量控制两台分选机输送机。

公开(公告)号：US5149298A

公开(公告)日：1992-09-22

申请号：US806312

申请日：1991-12-13

申请人： Scott A. Lindee

发明人： Scott A. Lindee

IPC分类号： A22C7/00

CPC分类号： A22C7/00

摘要： A high speed food patty molding machine capable of handling whole-fiber food products has two food pumps, each pump having a cavity with an inlet at once end, an outlet at the other end, and a plunger movable through the cavity. The two pump cavities are located adjacent to each other and separated by a common wall; a moldable food product is supplied into the inlet of each pump cavity. A manifold connects the outlets of the two pump cavities to a molding mechanism; a pump drive reciprocates the pump plungers in overlapping alternation and a valve seals off the outlet of each pump cavity whenever the plunger of that pump is moving toward its retracted refill position, so that there is a continuous pressurized supply of food product to the molding mechanism. Each pump cavity outlet is located at the juncture of the cavities common separation wall and the discharge end of its cavity. The outlets merge to form a common inlet to center of the manifold. A rotary valve member in the manifold inlet is reciprocally rotated between one operating position in which one pump cavity outlet is closed and the other pump cavity outlet is opened and another operating position in which the pump cavity outlet conditions are reversed. the food product must make a greater change of direction to flow to the portion of the manifold closer to the open outlet than to the portion of the manifold farther away from that outlet.

摘要翻译： 能够处理全纤维食品的高速食品馅饼成型机具有两个食品泵，每个泵具有一端具有入口的空腔，另一端具有出口，以及可移动穿过该空腔的柱塞。 两个泵腔彼此相邻定位并由公共壁分隔开; 将可模制的食品供应到每个泵腔的入口。 歧管将两个泵腔的出口连接到模制机构; 泵驱动器以重叠的交替方式使泵柱塞往复运动，并且每当该泵的柱塞朝向其缩回的重新填充位置移动时，阀门将密封每个泵腔的出口，使得存在对模制机构的连续的加压供应的食品 。 每个泵腔出口位于空腔共用分隔壁和其腔体排放端的接合处。 出口合并形成歧管中心的通用入口。 歧管入口中的旋转阀构件在一个泵腔出口闭合的一个操作位置和另一个泵腔出口被打开的一个操作位置和泵腔出口条件相反的另一操作位置之间往复转动。 食物产品必须更大程度上改变流向更靠近开放出口的歧管部分的方向，而不是歧管远离该出口的部分。

公开(公告)号：US4768325A

公开(公告)日：1988-09-06

申请号：US106128

申请日：1987-10-07

申请人： Scott A. Lindee ,  Wilbur A. Janssen

发明人： Scott A. Lindee ,  Wilbur A. Janssen

IPC分类号： A21C11/16 ,  A21C11/00 ,  A21C11/18 ,  A22C7/00 ,  A23L1/317 ,  A23L1/325 ,  A23P1/10 ,  B65B25/08 ,  B65B35/54 ,  B65B63/02

CPC分类号： A22C7/0084 ,  A22C7/00 ,  B65B25/08

摘要： A paper interleaver for a food patty molding machine of the kind using a mold plate cyclically reciprocating along a linear path between a fill position and a knock-out position comprises a shuttle connected to the mold plate for synchronous movement along a linear path between a transfer position and a pickup position. When the mold plate is at its knock-out position and the shuttle at its pickup position, the shuttle pulls a single paper sheet from the bottom of a storage stack by vacuum; when the mold plate and shuttle are at their respective fill and transfer positions, the shuttle "puffs" the paper sheet up a very short distance to be held by downwardly facing vacuum ports of a fixed paper holder frame, essentially immune to clogging from the food product particles and juices present at the knock-out position. A molded patty subsequently moves down through the frame to pick up the paper sheet when the mold plate returns to the knock-out position. A grooved spindle at the paper storage stack cooperates with a shallow tapered groove in the stack support surface to assure a flat configuration for the paper sheets and elimination of paper particles.