Patents Assigned to American Food Service Corporation
  • Patent number: 5135763
    Abstract: A system for stacking food products on cut sheets of paper provides several continuously moving conveyors. Products, such as meat patties, are placed onto continuous sheets of paper suitable for separating them in stacks. The weight of the products pressing the paper against the conveyor simply pulls the paper off of supply rolls at the rate of movement of the conveyor. A sensor detects the position of the food products on the conveyor, causing cutting blades to descend and cut the paper between the food products. Such cutting is performed without stopping the conveyors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: American Food Service Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Gillam, Robert L. Campbell