Patent ID: 7191578
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: A21C,B65B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A bakery tray loading system comprising: means defining a bakery tray loading station; an in-feed conveyor for receiving unfilled bakery trays and for sequentially delivering unfilled bakery trays to a location adjacent the bakery tray loading station; transfer means for sequentially receiving unfilled bakery trays from the in-feed conveyor and for delivering each unfilled bakery tray to the bakery tray loading station; a bakery tray positioning conveyor for sequentially receiving unfilled bakery trays from the transfer means and for positioning each received bakery tray within the bakery tray loading station; means for loading wrapped bakery products into bakery trays located in the bakery tray loading station by the bakery tray positioning conveyor; an out-feed conveyor for receiving bakery trays loaded with wrapped bakery products; the bakery tray positioning conveyor for delivering loaded bakery trays from the bakery tray loading station to the out-feed conveyor.