摘要 |
An apparatus for preparing a folded food product having an exterior food wrap folded about an inner filling in a two-stage operation. In the first stage, the food wrap is automatically filled and partially folded in one direction. The partially folded food product is transferred to a second stage having folding platforms which are advanced by a conveyor to one or more folding stations which activate a plurality of folding plates to make a series of folds in the other direction. The first stage is indexed by a reciprocating operator in combination with a one-way clutch and the two stages are integrated to operate synchronously so that a filled and partially folded product is deposited on each of a plurality of foldable support platforms on a continuously moving second stage container having the folding stations which actuate the subsequent folding operation.
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