Patent ID: 8056699
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: A21B,A47L,B08B

Abstract:
1. A pan inverting system comprising: a rotating table having substantially parallel pan-receiving surfaces on opposite sides of the table, the pan-receiving surfaces having longitudinally spaced apart inlet and outlet ends between which a pan is displaceable, the table being rotatably mounted within a static frame for rotation about a longitudinally extending axis of rotation; a conveyor disposed on each of said pan-receiving surfaces of the table, each said conveyor being independently operable to displace pans along the corresponding pan-receiving surface in a direction substantially parallel to said longitudinally extending axis of rotation; and a pan engagement mechanism disposed within the table, the pan engagement mechanism including a pan engagement device on each of the pan receiving surfaces of the table, the pan engagement devices being independently operable to releasably fasten the pans to either of said pan receiving surfaces of the table when the pans are disposed thereon, such that when the pans are fastened to one of the pan receiving surfaces by the corresponding pan engagement device, rotation of the table about the longitudinally extending axis will invert the pan.