Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat sealing apparatus including an insulator sealing head assembly and a container cavity, and a process for manufacturing an insulator sealing head assembly. The insulator seal head assembly is specifically designed to accommodate specialty films, such as multilayer film, used to seal food containers as described herein.

Abstract: A driver for a food conditioner that comprises a drive shaft that is configured to be driven by a motor, a continuous-to-intermittent converter that is configured to be coupled to the drive shaft, and a slip clutch that is configured to be coupled to the continuous-to-intermittent converter, wherein the slip clutch is further configured to disengage when a torque applied to the slip clutch exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An intervention system for treating a food product in a food conditioner. The system comprises a tank that receives and buffers an intervention solution from a mixing system, a pump that receives the intervention solution from the tank and pressurizes the intervention solution to output a pressurized intervention solution, a flow monitor that receives the pressurized intervention solution from the pump and monitors a predetermined characteristic of the pressurized intervention solution, a first applicator that receives a first portion of the pressurized intervention solution from the flow monitor and ejects a first mist in the direction of the food product, and a second applicator that receives a second portion of the pressurized intervention solution from the flow monitor and ejects a second mist in the direction of the food product.

Abstract: A food conditioner having a primary guard that is configured to be removable and a drive train network that is configured to automatically unlatch when the primary guard is removed, wherein the primary guard includes a guard partition that forces engagement of a tapered coupling drive.

Abstract: A slicer system and method is disclosed that cuts meat products from a primal. The system comprises an isolated chute that delivers the primal to a cutting area along a first direction, a shuttle that moves a portion of the primal in a horizontal plane that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a conveyor that supports and carries a meat product cut from the primal in the cutting area, and a sprayer that applies a fluid to a cutting blade in the cutting area.

Abstract: An apparatus, a method and a system for cutting or trimming a portion of an article using a jet stream provided by a nozzle tip. The apparatus includes a drive unit configured to provide a rotational force and a cam assembly connectable to the drive unit and configured to move the nozzle tip to cut the portion of the article. The apparatus includes a conveyor belt that has a void area and a cutting area, and a cam that includes at least one track to drive a frame assembly.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to cool and/or protect chilled food in a food pan from warmer ambient air by passing low velocity chilled air from air vents proximate the food pan into and/or over the food pan to form a relatively stable mass of cooled air within the interior of the food pan. The low velocity air may also form a slowly moving barrier of chilled air that hinders warmer ambient air from reaching the food pan. Various embodiments employing numerous arrangements of food pans, cooling system and air ducts configured to direct the chilled air at a low velocity into and/or over the food pans are disclosed.