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US3190240A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Folding device for cookie making machine

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-08-16
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Granted: 1965-06-22
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Expires: 1982-08-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Virgil L Archer
  • 👤 Franc A Spilsbury

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 06:33
CPC Classifications
A; A21; A21C; A21C9/00; A21C9/08; A21C9/088

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 225 words
IN A COOKIE MACHINE, THE COMBINATION OF MEANS FOR FOLDING OVER PORTIONS OF ROWS OF UNBAKED COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS, COMPRISING A STEP-BY-STEP CONVEYOR BELT ADAPTED TO CARRY CROSSWISE THEREON, AT SPACED STATIONS ROWS OF COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS, AN END HEAD ON SAID BASE AT EACH SIDE OF SAID BELT, AT LEAST ONE UPRIGHT SLIDEWAY ON SAID END HEAD, A MEMBER MOVABLE VERTICALLY ALONG SAID SLIDEWAY, AT LEAST ONE BLADE HAVING A CUTTING EDGE LYING IN A PLANE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO A BELT TO BE PARALLEL WITH SAID ROWS WITH ITS OPPOSITE ENDS ARRANGED ADJACENT SAID MEMBER, MEANS ON EACH OF SAID MEMBERS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RECIPROCATING BOTH ENDS OF SAID BALDE IN THE SAME DIRECTION LENGTHWISE OF SAID BELT, MEANS ON EACH OF SAID MEMBERS FOR ROTATING SAID BLADE IN THE SAME DIRECTION ABOUT AN AXIS GENERALLY PARALLEL EITH ITS EDGE, AND MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RAISING AND LOWERING SAID MEMBERS, WHEREBY SAID BLADE CAN BE LOWERED TO BRING ITS CUTTING EDGE ONTO SAID BELT, MOVED LENGTHWISE OF SAID BELT TO MOVE SAID CUTTING EDGE UNDER SAID PORTIONS OF SAID ROW OF COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS ROTATED TO TURN SAID PORTIONS OF SAID ROW OF COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS OVER THE OTHER PARTS OF SAID COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS ELEVATED TO PERMIT ANOTHER ROW OF COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS TO BE ADVANCED INTO THE ZONE OF ACTION OF SAID BLADE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 225 words
IN A COOKIE MACHINE, THE COMBINATION OF MEANS FOR FOLDING OVER PORTIONS OF ROWS OF UNBAKED COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS, COMPRISING A STEP-BY-STEP CONVEYOR BELT ADAPTED TO CARRY CROSSWISE THEREON, AT SPACED STATIONS ROWS OF COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS, AN END HEAD ON SAID BASE AT EACH SIDE OF SAID BELT, AT LEAST ONE UPRIGHT SLIDEWAY ON SAID END HEAD, A MEMBER MOVABLE VERTICALLY ALONG SAID SLIDEWAY, AT LEAST ONE BLADE HAVING A CUTTING EDGE LYING IN A PLANE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO A BELT TO BE PARALLEL WITH SAID ROWS WITH ITS OPPOSITE ENDS ARRANGED ADJACENT SAID MEMBER, MEANS ON EACH OF SAID MEMBERS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RECIPROCATING BOTH ENDS OF SAID BALDE IN THE SAME DIRECTION LENGTHWISE OF SAID BELT, MEANS ON EACH OF SAID MEMBERS FOR ROTATING SAID BLADE IN THE SAME DIRECTION ABOUT AN AXIS GENERALLY PARALLEL EITH ITS EDGE, AND MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RAISING AND LOWERING SAID MEMBERS, WHEREBY SAID BLADE CAN BE LOWERED TO BRING ITS CUTTING EDGE ONTO SAID BELT, MOVED LENGTHWISE OF SAID BELT TO MOVE SAID CUTTING EDGE UNDER SAID PORTIONS OF SAID ROW OF COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS ROTATED TO TURN SAID PORTIONS OF SAID ROW OF COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS OVER THE OTHER PARTS OF SAID COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS ELEVATED TO PERMIT ANOTHER ROW OF COOKIE DOUGH BLANKS TO BE ADVANCED INTO THE ZONE OF ACTION OF SAID BLADE.

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