US Patent Issued to VEMAG Maschinenbau on Oct. 27 for "Apparatus and method for stacking food portions, in particular patties" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,177, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH (Verden, Germany).

"Apparatus and method for stacking food portions, in particular patties" was invented by Andreas Heimsoth (Walsrode, Germany), Achim Warnke (Syke, Germany) and Harald Wagner (Verden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus for stacking portions made of food mass, in particular patties, comprising a feeder conveyor belt for feeding the portions in a conveying direction and for dispensing the portions at one end of the feeder conveyor belt, a vertical conveyor arranged downstream from the feeder conveyor belt, for con...