US 6,981,582 B2
Systems and methods for compact arrangement of foodstuff in a conveyance system
R. Craig Miller, 15160 Desman Rd., La Mirada, Calif. 90638 (US); and Benny F. DiGerlando, 667 Co R.D. 189, Cedar Bluff, Ala. 35959 (US)
Filed on Sep. 09, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/659,635.
Prior Publication US 2005/0061162 A1, Mar. 24, 2005
Int. Cl. B65G 47/26 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 198—456 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for adjustable placement of foodstuff, comprising:
a pair of adjacent transport surfaces that meet at an interface wherein one of the pair of transport surfaces is adapted to present rows of foodstuff items, wherein the rows may contain various numbers of foodstuff items, wherein each of the pair of surfaces is configured to transfer an undefined number of foodstuff items in each row across the interface so that the foodstuff items are transferred from one of the transport surfaces in a first arrangement to the other of said transport surfaces in a second laterally shifted and axially more compact arrangement, and
the system being capable of delivering the rows of foodstuff items to a downstream food processing apparatus in a nested arrangement.