US 12,075,791 B2
Paper interleaver
Richard Payne, Plymouth, WI (US)
Assigned to TOMAHAWK MANUFACTURING, INC., Plymouth, WI (US)
Filed by Richard Payne, Plymouth, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/687,904.
Application 16/687,904 is a division of application No. 15/150,667, filed on May 10, 2016, granted, now 10,492,502.
Prior Publication US 2020/0100512 A1, Apr. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. A22C 9/00 (2006.01); A22C 7/00 (2006.01); B65B 25/08 (2006.01); B65D 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 7/0084 (2013.01) [B65B 25/08 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for placing a sheet of paper under a cubed meat patty comprising: forming a patty by a patty forming machine;
dropping said patty via knock out cups that push said patty out of a mold plate on to a conveyor;
moving said patty away from said forming machine;
conveying said patty to move between a series of blades top and bottom of a cuber;
cubing or perforating top and bottom of said meat patty;
conveying said top and bottom cubed patty to an interleaver infeed belt;
triggering an activation switch by movement of said cubed patty on said infeed belt which starts paper assembly process, including use of vacuum to hold said paper until vacuum is turned off so paper is moved into position so cubed patty is conveyed onto paper;
moving said cubed patty and paper onto exit conveyor.