Patent ID: 7934448
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. An insertion device for inserting a stick in a food item, the stick having an end, comprising: a frame; a first smooth belt having a planar surface mounted on the frame; a first drive mechanism to drive the first smooth belt so that a portion of the planar surface of the first smooth belt moves along a stick drive direction; a second smooth belt having a planar surface mounted on the frame; a second drive mechanism to drive the second smooth belt so that a portion of the surface of the second smooth belt moves along a stick drive direction; the portions of the first and second smooth belt compressed against each other along a continuously linear path; the stick captured between said planar surface portions of the first and second smooth belts to drive the stick in the stick drive direction and insert the stick in the food item, the stick not being driven solely at its end.