Patent ID: 6766898
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
A system for bagging bread comprising:a continuous conveyor belt, said continuous conveyor belt including a plurality of interlocking compressible conveyor segments, each of said interlocking compressible conveyor segments being configured to slidably engage adjacent interlocking compressible conveyor segments for compression and expansion along an axis that is parallel to a direction of travel of said continuous conveyor belt, driven at constant speed; a first and a second pulley, said first pulley being a drive pulley and said second pulley being a secondary pulley, said continuous conveyor belt passing over said drive pulley and said secondary pulley; an impulse linkage engaging said continuous conveyor belt, said impulse linkage having a portion that extends beyond said continuous conveyor belt in a plane perpendicular to the direction of travel of said continuous conveyor belt; an impulse striker assembly, configured to intermittently contact said impulse linkage, thereby causing a faster displacement of a given point along said continuous conveyor belt relative to another point along said continuous conveyor belt; an impulse drive assembly further comprising an impulse drive pulley, an impulse secondary pulley, a guide pulley, and a continuous driving mechanism passing over said impulse drive pulley, said guide pulley, and said impulse secondary pulley, wherein said guide pulley is disposed between said impulse drive pulley such that a length of said continuous driving mechanism passing between said impulse secondary pulley and said guide pulley lies in a plane that is parallel to the plane containing the upper length of said continuous conveyor belt, and said impulse striker is disposed on said continuous driving mechanism.