Christopher Neil Waldrop

US Patent:

20120005992, Jan 12, 2012

Filed:

Jul 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/178611

Inventors:

Christopher N. Waldrop - Houston TX, US
Michael W. Waldrop - Houston TX, US
David R. Waldrop - La Marque TX, US

International Classification:

B65B 5/00

US Classification:

53473, 53244, 53167

Abstract:

A packaging system for packaging food on a plurality of trays is provided. The packaging system has a main conveyor configured to move each of the plurality of trays about the packaging system and a tray unloader for unloading one tray from a tray stack onto the main conveyor. The packaging system has a food loader configured to place the food into each of the trays and a food accessory loader configured to place a food accessory into a storage compartment of each of the trays.

US Patent:

20120006718, Jan 12, 2012

Filed:

Jul 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/178606

Inventors:

Christopher N. Waldrop - Houston TX, US
Michael W. Waldrop - Houston TX, US
David R. Waldrop - La Marque TX, US

International Classification:

B65D 1/34
B65B 1/04

US Classification:

206557, 53467

Abstract:

A system for packaging food is provided. The system has a food for packaging and a food accessory for packaging with the food. The system has a packaging tray having a tray bottom and two substantially straight side walls coupled to the tray bottom. The tray has two curved end walls wherein each of the curved end walls are coupled to the tray bottom and the side walls wherein a first end wall curves toward the interior of the packaging tray and a second end wall curves away from the interior of the packaging tray. The tray has a border connected to a top edge of the two side walls and the two end walls thereby forming a perimeter around the top of the walls. The tray has a storage compartment formed in the border for storing the food accessory.

US Patent:

20110124276, May 26, 2011

Filed:

Nov 24, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/592381

Inventors:

Michael Wayne Waldrop - Houston TX, US
Christopher Neil Waldrop - Houston TX, US
Patrick Garinger - Bourbonnais IL, US
Dan Sambrooks - Momence IL, US
Donald Claussen - Grant Park IL, US
Edward Petras - Kankakee IL, US

International Classification:

A22C 17/00

US Classification:

452 51

Abstract:

A device for loading link sausages into a tray package includes a first continuous conveyor adapted and constructed to transport sausage links. A continuous transfer belt receives sausages from the first continuous conveyor, and transfers them to a separation and placement device adapted and constructed to separate the sausages from the first continuous conveyor into discrete groups of pluralities of sausages, and to deposit the sausages received onto packaging trays. A second continuous conveyor transports loaded trays of sausage links away from the metering device.