Abstract: An apparatus for the assembly of biscuit and meat sandwiches comprises a feeder station for receiving whole biscuits, a slicer station for slicing the biscuits in half, a separator station for separating the two halves of the biscuit and sending them along separate pathways, and an assembly station having a hold station where precooked meat patties are held and where the biscuit halves and the meat patties are assembled into a sandwich ready for packaging. A series of conveyors transport the food components between the stations.

Abstract: An article processing machine is provided and comprises a conveyor device for moving articles and a stacking device for stacking the articles in pairs during movement through the machine and wherein the stacking device comprises a pivoted ramp assembly adapted to be pivoted to scoop thereon articles from the moving device and a pivoting mechanism for pivoting the ramp assembly to engage and scoop thereon in a serial manner alternate articles from the moving device and elevate same thereabove and a structure carried by the moving device for sliding each elevated article from the ramp assembly onto an associated alternate article carried by the moving device to define a stacked pair of articles.