Abstract: Processing apparatus such as a food slicer (10) includes upper and lower conveyor units (16, 14) having shiftable conveyor belts (40, 22) designed to receive incoming products and to move such products along a path of travel (124) through the conveyor units (16, 14) and into a slicer assembly (18). The upper conveyor unit (16) is equipped with control apparatus (72) serving to maintain a predetermined, substantially constant force against products passing through the conveyor units (16, 14). The upper conveyor unit (16) is bidirectionally pivotal about respective axes parallel with the path of travel (124), and transverse thereto. This allows the slicer 10 to accommodate products of varying size, shape, and makeup.

Abstract: High-moisture integrity wash-down enclosures (10) for critical equipment includes housing wall structure (12) having a peripheral edge (16) defining a corresponding door opening (18); a shiftable door (20) having a peripheral margin (34) serves to cover the opening (18). The edge (16) and margin (34) cooperatively define a sealing zone (38) having therein a sealing assembly (40). The assembly (40) includes a primary outer seal (42), an innermost, generally U-shaped gutter (26), and a secondary inner seal (44). The outer seal (42) is disposed between the door (20) and wall structure (12), whereas the inner seal (44) is located between the gutter (26) and the (inner surface of the door (20).

Abstract: High-moisture integrity wash-down enclosures (10) for critical equipment includes housing wall structure (12) having a peripheral edge (16) defining a corresponding door opening (18); a shiftable door (20) having a peripheral margin (34) serves to cover the opening (18). The edge (16) and margin (34) cooperatively define a sealing zone (38) having therein a sealing assembly (40). The assembly (40) includes a primary outer seal (42), an innermost, generally U-shaped gutter (26), and a secondary inner seal (44). The outer seal (42) is disposed between the door (20) and wall structure (12), whereas the inner seal (44) is located between the gutter (26) and the (inner surface of the door (20).

Abstract: Processing apparatus such as a food slicer (10) includes upper and lower conveyor units (16, 14) having shiftable conveyor belts (40, 22) designed to receive incoming products and to move such products along a path of travel (124) through the conveyor units (16, 14) and into a slicer assembly (18). The upper conveyor unit (16) is equipped with control apparatus (72) serving to maintain a predetermined, substantially constant force against products passing through the conveyor units (16, 14). The upper conveyor unit (16) is bidirectionally pivotal about respective axes parallel with the path of travel (124), and transverse thereto. This allows the slicer 10 to accommodate products of varying size, shape, and makeup.

Abstract: The invention contemplates tube-clamp structure wherein a split wear sleeve is applied to a metal tube with such resistance to displacement along the tube that displacement wear is accommodated essentially only via the lesser displacement resistance which characterizes a limited axial range of support-clamp engagement around the sleeve. More particularly, the split sleeve has a bonded lining of friction material which contains heat-curable adhesive--so that in a sufficiently elevated ambient temperature environment, as in the vicinity of an aircraft engine, the sleeve will bond to the metal tube; and so that in a lesser ambient-temperature environment, as within an aircraft wing which is subject to flexure, the sleeve will not bond to the metal tube but rather will be displaceable on the metal tube only for such unusual situations of axial play as the clamp-to-sleeve engagement will not accommodate.