Patent ID: 8578842

Claim:
An apparatus for the continuous production of sandwich food items comprising: a. an input end for supplying a row of food items; b. a deposit end for receiving completed sandwich food items; c. a carrying mechanism extending from the input end to the deposit end; d. a row conveyer that continuously cycles along a direction of travel from the input end to the deposit end and is adapted to receive the row of food items from the input end, the row conveyer comprising a rail that is disposed transverse to the direction of travel of the row conveyor, including: a receiving plate that has a first end and a second end, and an adjacent pair of outwardly extending arms that slidably receives the carrying mechanism between a first arm and a second arm of the outwardly extending arms; e. a depositing mechanism for applying filler to a food item; f. a bowed arm disposed above the row conveyor, the bowed arm comprising: a first end adapted to receive the first end of the receiving plate, a second end adapted to receive the second end of the receiving plate, and a curvature portion between the first end and the second end of the bowed arm; g. a brace located above the carrying mechanism such that the brace may be received between the adjacent pair of outwardly extending arms, the brace comprising: a first end adjacent to the second end of bowed arm, and a second end opposite the first end.