Abstract: A flatware separating apparatus comprising a track having a top surface for receiving and delivering different items of flatware along a selected path; a mechanism for contacting selected items of the flatware at a selected point along the path of the track and pushing the selected items off the surface of the track and allowing other selected items of the flatware to remain on the surface; and a mechanism for further separating the selected items of flatware pushed off the surface of the track.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 1989
Date of Patent:
September 4, 1990
Assignee:
Food Service Innovations, Inc.
Inventors:
Clyde Weihe, Lewis Maroti, Peter Albertini