Food Article Feed Apparatus for a Food Article Slicing Machine
First Claim
1. A food article feed apparatus for conveying food articles in a slicing machine comprising:
- a first conveyor for moving a first food article toward a cutting plane;
a second conveyor for moving a second food article toward the cutting plane;
said first conveyor driven by a hollow shaft;
said second conveyor driven by a second shaft;
said second shaft independently operating within said hollow shaft.
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Abstract
A loaf feed apparatus for a food article slicing machine. The apparatus has at least a first conveyor driven by a hollow shaft and a second conveyor driven by a second shaft. The second shaft independently operates within said hollow shaft. The hollow shaft and the second shaft are driven by independent drive sources. The apparatus also includes at least one lower conveyor driven by a drive roller having a outer diameter and a recessed diameter where the drive belt is connected around the recessed diameter and the conveyor belt is connected around the outer diameter. The drive belt operates within an area defined by the first conveyor belt. The apparatus also has a loaf gate for separating a slicing station from the loaf feed apparatus.
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20 Claims
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1. A food article feed apparatus for conveying food articles in a slicing machine comprising:
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a first conveyor for moving a first food article toward a cutting plane; a second conveyor for moving a second food article toward the cutting plane; said first conveyor driven by a hollow shaft;
said second conveyor driven by a second shaft;
said second shaft independently operating within said hollow shaft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A food article slicing machine, comprising:
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a slicing station comprising a knife blade and a knife blade drive driving the blade along a cutting path; a food article feed apparatus supporting food articles for movement along food article paths intersecting the cutting path; and
the food article feed apparatus havinga first upper conveyor for moving a first food article, and a second upper conveyor for moving a second food article, said first upper conveyor driven by a hollow shaft; said second upper conveyor driven by a second shaft; said second shaft independently operating within said hollow shaft. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A food article slicing machine, comprising:
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a slicing station comprising a knife blade and a knife blade drive driving the blade along a cutting path; a food article feed apparatus supporting food articles for movement along parallel independent food article paths intersecting the cutting path; and
,a means for independently driving two or more conveyors through a common drive axis.
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Specification