In an aspect, a wear plate for use with a conveyor system is provided. The wear plate has a plate mount, having a fastener retainer having a retention hole extending through the wear plate, and a retainer support being defined by at least one cut in the wear plate adjacent to and at least partially defining the fastener retainer, the retainer support connecting the fastener retainer to a main portion of the wear plate and enabling the fastener support to be depressed relative to a top surface of the wear plate.

An automated food grade conveyor, placement and feeder device and system for singulating and placing rolls, egg, meat, or protein patties, and/or cheese and other foodstuffs to assemble and prepare a sandwich, the system being made of food grade materials that are easily cleanable and being made compact and on wheels which results in a system that significantly reduces time, labor, and waste while increasing productivity, quality and freshness; it includes bulk feeding specific food items through a food grade centrifugal feed system, placing the food items with a chain driven pick and place device, transferring food items to separate servo driven trains, automatically placing of a food pattie onto a sliced bun, wrapping of a completed sandwich, and placing the sandwich on a tray, box or container.

Two part sprocket wheel (1) adapted to engage modular belt modules in a conveyor belt, where said two part sprocket wheel (1) comprises: two periphery elements (10,11), each periphery element (10,11) having an outer edge (13) and inner edge (12) and a web body (9) there between, where sprocket teeth (15) are provided on the outer edge (13), and where the inner edge (12) has an engagement surface, and where each periphery element (10,11) has means (16) for being connected and fastened to and adjacent periphery element (10,11), such that the two periphery elements' outer edges (13) form a full circle, said circle being arranged in a common plane, wherein centrally in the sprocket wheel (1) an aperture (20) is provided, said aperture (20) being dimensioned to accommodate a substantially rectangular axle, where the longitudinal axis of the axle is perpendicular to the common plane of the two part sprocket wheel (1), where each part of the sprocket wheel (10,11) has four engagement ridges (21, 22, 23, 24), which engagement ridges (21,22,23,24) when the sprocket wheel is mounted around the axle will engage the axle, where a first pair of ridges (21,22) are arranged orthogonal to each other, and where a bent out section (25), connects the two engagement ridges (21,22), where a second pair of engagement ridges (23,24) is mirrored the first pair (21,22), such that the two engagement ridges (22,23) of different pairs being in the same plane are separated by a cut-out (26), and where parallel to the inner edge, a certain distance away from the aperture (20), assembly flanges (27,28) are provided, where each assembly flange is provided with an aperture (30) on either side of the web (9), where said aperture (30) is surrounded by an upstanding circumferential ridge (31), said ridge on its distal end being provided with centering and engagement means (32), such that as two sprocket wheel parts (10,11) are assembled to a sprocket wheel (1), the centering and engagement means (32) on a first sprocket wheel part (10) engages and centers the corresponding centering and engagement means (32) on the second sprocket wheel part (11), whereby the apertures (30) on the first and second sprocket wheel parts (10,11) overlap, and assembly bolts (33) may be inserted in order to connect and fix the two parts of the sprocket wheel to each other.

An end assembly for a conveyor comprises opposing mounting plates machined from steel billet and including upper openings for mounting a drive between the mounting plates and a grease egress channel below the upper openings for directing grease from a grease-filled bearing in the upper opening to the exterior of the end assembly.

In a dispensing system for utensils and cutlery, a housing with a cutlery distribution area has one or more openings for exposing a handle end of a presenting utensil for removal by a user. The system has one or more stack chambers, each configured to hold a vertical stack of utensils. A trigger assembly within the housing is actuated by the user removing a single presenting utensil out of an opening, causing the release of a single lowest utensil from the vertical stack, for presentation as the next presenting utensil for removal by a next user. A chute delivers each released single lowest utensil of a vertical stack to its opening for removal by the next user, and causes the released utensil to rotate about its axis from entry into the chute to exit at the opening.

In a maceration conveyor assembly (10) a juice deflector (50) deflects juice around a return run of a conveyor into a trough (51). Preferably the juice deflector and trough are configured as opposed axially extending V-shaped stainless steel plates. The assembly (10) feeds into a first mill (11) of a milling tandem, and output from the mill (11) is delivered onto another conveyor and carried to the next mill in the tandem. Low pol maceration liquid is returned to the conveyor via return lines to respective distribution weirs (16) and (17). The conveyor assembly (10) includes an inlet end (20) and an outlet end (21) all supported on a supporting framework (22) so that the assembly is inclined from the inlet end (20) to the outlet end (22). An endless plate conveyor (25) comprises interconnected perforated plates (26) adapted to pivot relative to each other in chain like fashion.

A transport group for container sterilization apparatuses a includes a conveyor belt, which defines an operational plane and advances along an advancement direction, and a number of support elements, mutually separated, and integral and movable with the conveyor belt. Each support element has longitudinal development transverse to the advancement direction and lying along a direction parallel to the operational plane. Each support element defines a number of shaped seats arranged along the longitudinal development. Each shaped seat is adapted to temporarily house a respective container.

Superhydrophobic conveyor belt components and methods for molding those components out of thermoplastic polymers. The plastic components have superhydrophobic regions on outer surfaces that shed aqueous solutions and remain dry. The water-shedding regions are textured with a nano- or micro-structure that is rough enough to endow the region with superhydrophobic properties.

A hygienic magnetic tray and conveyor. The low-profile tray includes a forcer sandwiched between an article-supporting top and an opposite bottom. The top is made of hygienic material, and the bottom can be made of a low-friction material. The tray is propelled along a guide surface on an enclosure housing stator coils supported in a conveyor frame. The stator forms a linear motor with the forcer in the tray. Roller balls protruding from the bottom of one version of the tray provide low-friction rolling contact with the guide surface. Various disposal systems provide escape routes for removing fluids and debris from the guide surface of the stator enclosure.

A flash lamp system provides flashes to a bottom side of a conveyor to disinfect the conveyor while the conveyor is transporting products on a top side of the conveyor. The flashes are provided to discontinuous segments of the conveyor such that a portion of the conveyor is treated with each revolution, but a controller causes the entire length of the conveyor to be disinfected over multiple revolutions. The controller can respond to changes in speed and detected levels of disinfection. The disinfection system can be used in many applications, such as the transporting of fresh or frozen food products.