Patents Assigned to GME, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4656909
    Abstract: Method and alignment tube apparatus for the production of onion rings in an hydraulic food cutting system. Onions are pre-cut at top and bottom to provide an onion having a predetermined thickness. The onions so cut are then propelled through a flow tube which aligns the onion into a preselected position relative to cutting knives. The onion is then forced by hydraulic pressure through the cutting knives, which are horizontally oriented and vertically stacked, to cut the concentric layers of onion into onion rings. The alignment tube of the present invention includes a pair of oppositely disposed converging ramps which define an outlet port having an height substantially the same as the thickness of the precut onion. The onion is thereby precisely oriented for proper cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: GME, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott K. Carter, George A. Mendenhall
  • Patent number: 4522013
    Abstract: A food wrapping apparatus (10) includes a conveyor (12) for passing unwrapped food product (24) to an elevator platform (14). The elevator platform (14) has a plurality of tucking fingers (16) disposed thereon to provide a yieldable platform. When the food product (24) is disposed on the top of the tucking fingers (16), the elevator platform (14) raises the food product (24) upwards into a layer of wrapping material (18). Tucking arms (36) and (38) are operable to pass under the food product (24) disposed on the top of the tucking fingers (16) and pull the wrapping material (18) therearound. The tucking fingers (16) rotate on longitudinal rods (28) to allow the tucking arms (36) and (38) to pass thereover without disturbing the food product (24). Each of the tucking fingers (16) has a tapered leading end (66) and a tapered trailing end (64). The tapered leading end (66) is designed to mesh with the tapered trailing end (64) of an adjacent one of the fingers (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: GME, Inc.
    Inventor: Glen T. Hamilton
  • Patent number: D392841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: GME, Inc.
    Inventor: Locke A. Chastaine