Intermediate bracing support and guide for use with an elongated egg cracker shaft and for preventing outward bowing deflection during egg delivery and breaking operations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8955429
APP PUB NO 20130104752A1
SERIAL NO

13657925

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A support mechanism for preventing outward deflection of a cracker shaft in an egg breaker assembly, about which are supported in orbiting fashion a plurality of circumferentially spaced rows of egg breakers. A disk shaped portion is mounted in slaved rotatable fashion about an intermediate location of the cracker shaft and exhibits a plurality of exteriorly facing and circumferentially offset inwardly recessed scalloped surfaces. An outer fixed and guiding cam is secured to an aligning intermediate location of the breaker and exhibits an inner arcuate extending and guiding/support surface in outwardly spaced and aligning fashion relative to the scalloped locations of the rotating disk. A perimeter support is disposed upon an aligning location of each cracker shaft and which is captured between selected scalloped locations and the inner guide supporting surface corresponding to at least one of egg receipt, breaking and depositing of yolk and albumen contents to synchronized delivery cups and albumen trays associated with the breakers.

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FPS FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEMS B V2631 RE NOOTDORP

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kwapich, Steve Lambertville, US 1 2

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