Methods and apparatus for processing pork belly slabs

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20020098791A1
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09770013

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Pork belly slabs are arranged into a vertical stack and loaded into a magazine. The lowermost slab is push through a gate on the magazine and then held in place until engaged by a gripper. The gripper pushes the slab into a bacon slicing unit, and then a left over end of the slab is ejected into a receptacle before the process is repeated.

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HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION1 HORMEL PLACE AUSTIN MN 55912

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  • 2001 Application Filing Year
  • A22C Class
  • 100 Applications Filed
  • 40 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 40 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Handel, Gary A Austin, MN 16 150
Morrison, Jeffrey J Austin, MN 6 29

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