Patent ID: 8635837
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: A22C,B65B

Abstract:
1. A food processing system comprising: a slicer/former for food preparations having a feed conveyor; a stacker for stacking food preparations; an interleaver for inserting a substrate under a food preparation from the food slicer/former as it transitions to the stacker, the interleaver being arranged such that a portion of the interleaver is located beneath the feed conveyor of the slicer/former, the interleaver including an interleaver conveyor which extends from the feed conveyor to the stacker in-feed conveyor, a roll of substrate from which a continuous sheet of substrate is fed, a plurality of fins or fingers located at a substrate insertion position press the substrate being inserted against the interleaver conveyor as it is inserted, a perforation roller to perforate the continuous sheet of substrate to a desired predetermined length and acceleration rolls to feed and separate a substrate piece to be interleaved at a desired insertion time and insert the substrate under the fins or fingers onto the interleaver conveyor beneath the food preparation, a cutting portion of the perforation roller is set to cut the substrate piece and the fins or fingers press the substrate piece immediately against the interleaver conveyor to reduce slippage of the substrate and provide more precise positioning, and an overall length of the interleaver conveyor being less than a length of the interleaver.