摘要:
Method and product are provided comprising a meat and vegetable food product in the form of a small conveniently handled stick. The product is prepared by combining raw meat, usually frozen, which is blended and emulsified, followed by the addition of dehydrated vegetables. The resulting mixture is stuffed into a casing, and the encased mixture smoked and heated in a carefully moisture controlled environment. The casing is then removed and the sausage-like product linked or cut into convenient sizes. The resulting sticks are then packaged in containers containing water or a meat stock broth.
摘要:
Instant type grain cereals are provided which are rapidly reconstituted into smooth, uniform porridges and are substantially free of other than the specific grain cereal and desirable food supplements, e.g., iron and vitamins and, optionally, fruit. A mixture of a minor amount of pregelatinized flakes of the cereal is combined with a major amount of quick cooking cereal flakes which, upon the addition of boiling water, is reconstituted to a uniform, desirably textured and flavored product.
摘要:
A non-destructive method and apparatus for determining the presence of broken or missing containers in a sealed opaque shipping case, including a source of gamma -rays directed at the case, means for detecting variations in gamma -ray radiation at a fixed point as the case passes between the gamma -ray source and the detecting means, and means responsive to the variations for isolating any shipping case found to contain broken or missing containers.
摘要:
A system for use in depalletizing glass jars disposed in groups in a vertical stack wherein the groups of jars are successively moved laterally off the top of the stack and onto a lateral conveyor. The jars are supported on flat panels and a sensor is provided to sense the uppermost panel and to control the elevation of the stack, whereby the elevation will stop when the upper group of jars is aligned with the conveyor. Means is provided to push the jars away from alignment with the sensor so that it will engage the uppermost jar-supporting panel rather than the jars themselves. Means is also provided to push the upper panel laterally to assure that it will be in position to engage the sensor.
摘要:
Apparatus for unloading a retort crate having stacked, vertically shiftable layers of individual articles, such as glass jars or the like, wherein a convex article-engaging bail is shiftably mounted adjacent to a table top having a circular opening therethrough. The bail moves horizontally over the table to sweep the uppermost layer of articles of the retort crate laterally of the opening and onto a supporting surface adjacent thereto. The bail has substantially the same curvature as at least part of the outer boundary of the opening and, as the bail sweeps the uppermost articles off the crate, it moves into a location at which it positions a number of the articles in partially surrounding relationship to the opening. Thus, these last mentioned articles define abutments which serve to stabilize and prevent toppling of certain of the articles of the next layer to be swept off the stack.
摘要:
Grain steaming apparatus comprising a tower having three sections, an upper section, a central section, and a lower section. The grain to be steamed is introduced into the top of the upper section, and steam is communicated into the interior thereof via a pair of steam manifolds. The lower section of the tower comprises a baffle arrangement adapted to control the flow of wheat in the tower while preventing channeling of the grain, to achieve uniform grain flow across the cross section of the tower. The baffle arrangement may preferably be formed by a plurality of perpendicularly disposed plates forming a grid work of substantially square, tapering passages. In this manner, the resistance encountered by the grain from the lower constriction of the tower will be distributed substantially uniformly across the cross section of the tower.
摘要:
A process for applying a segment of fracturable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape across the lid and body portion of a resealable container by advancing the tape transverse across a path being traversed by the container presses the tape against knife means thereby severing it as the container continues to be advanced along the path.
摘要:
Apparatus for handling two different materials forming a filled food product, such as ready-to-eat product having an outer tubular layer of a first cereal material which encloses a core of a second non-cereal material for use as a filler for the tubular layer. A first die directs the first material into a confining chamber and a second material into the region within the first material. A second die provides for extrusion of the first material with the second material therewithin. Means is provided to adjustably mount the second die so that dies of different configurations and sizes can be used.
摘要:
A machine for placing a multiplicity of upright containers on a container support surface in a side-by-side relationship. A support structure defining a container passageway which has a discharge end communicating with the support surface. The support structure includes means for continuously moving and urging containers toward the passageway. Transport means are provided for moving containers through the passageway onto the support surface. Further means are for temporarily retaining the containers in the passageway to the support structure to enable the replacement of filled support surfaces.
摘要:
A machine for unloading retort crates of the type wherein successive stacked layers of containers can be exposed above the crate sidewalls for unloading by elevating the false bottom of the crate with respect to its sides. A bail mounted to the machine sweeps elevated and exposed layers of containers off the crate and onto an adjoining, moving conveyor. The bail in sweeping provides the containers with a substantially uniform acceleration to the conveyor speed to minimize the possibility of tipping the individual food containers in their transfer from the retort crate to the conveyor. The containers are free floating in their movement with respect to the bail so as to minimize the tendency of the individual containers to be broken or damaged during sweeping and to permit the containers during movement of the bail to frictionally orient themselves into a compacted mass. Provision is made to drive the bail by direct coupling to a single hydraulic cylinder.