Rudolph J Fay

US Patent:

45136564, Apr 30, 1985

Filed:

Jun 29, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/508861

Inventors:

Rudolph J. Fay - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A21C 904

US Classification:

994504

Abstract:

A machine for receiving multiple columns of bakery products such as cookies from an oven and for forming those products into sandwiches having a middle ply or layer of topping material such as jelly or icing. The machine comprises a row of magazines and a feeder mechanism operable to sequentially feed rows of cookies from the row of magazines onto a main conveyor. While transported on the main conveyor, topping is applied to alternate rows of cookies. The alternate untopped rows of cookies are inverted, and then layered onto the topped rows. The machine is characterized by a waste topping transfer belt located beneath the main conveyor, a synchronizing conveyor operable to synchronize movement of topped rows of cookies with untopped and inverted rows while the inverted and untopped cookies are placed atop the topped rows, a reciprocating platen to size the final product, and a two stage cooling systems to cool and rigidify the cookies before they are fed into the magazines.

US Patent:

49574256, Sep 18, 1990

Filed:

May 15, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/352404

Inventors:

Rudolph J. Fay - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B29C 4350

US Classification:

425362

Abstract:

An improved machine for producing a configurated and specified weight product in die cavities of a rotary die roll, each of the die cavities being defined by a configurated sidewall and a porous bottom wall. During each revolution of the die roll, a batch of the product is forced into each cavity if the cavities pass a feed hopper. Upon continued rotation of the die roll, the bottom walls of the cavities are moved outwardly to force the configurated products from the die cavities, while simutaneously, air at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure is directed through the porous bottom walls so that the configurated product is forced off of the bottom wall and onto a conveyor located beneath the die roll. The machine includes improved means for directing air to the underside of the die roll, improved means for supporting the porous bottom walls from movable flight bars located internally of the die roll, improved means for lubricating the flight bars and rollers from which the flight bars are mounted, and improved means for feeding product from a hopper to the cavities of the die roll.

US Patent:

39888754, Nov 2, 1976

Filed:

Nov 5, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/628895

Inventors:

Rudolph J. Fay - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

J. W. Fay & Son, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B65B 3530

US Classification:

53123

Abstract:

Apparatus for use in the automatic stacking and packaging of potato chips made by mixing potato chip flakes and water to create a dough, which dough is then rolled into a sheet and cut into dough chips. After frying, the dough chips are all of substantially the same size and shape such that the apparatus of the application may automatically stack those chips into stacks of identical quantities and wrap those stacks within individual flexible, impermeable wrappers.

US Patent:

54113903, May 2, 1995

Filed:

Nov 15, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/152858

Inventors:

Rudolph J. Fay - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B29C 4300

US Classification:

425145

Abstract:

A machine for producing configurated products including a rotary die roll having die cavities therein and a pair of feed rollers for feeding viscous product into the die cavities. The feed rollers may be easily moved away from the die roll and the die roll may be rolled out of the machine to allow replacement thereof. Relief members extend from a backing knife between adjacent die cavities of each row as the die roll rotates. These pressure relief pads reduce the amount of product contained in the pressure chamber and thereby reduce the amount of working of the material as it is forced into the die cavities. The machine includes a front shearing knife having removable and replaceable shearing inserts. The feed rolls of the machine include longitudinally extending tapered recesses with opposed recesses of the respective feed rolls being staggered at the inlet of the pressure chamber to cause particulates within the feed product to be more easily fed into the pressure chamber with less resulting damage. The motor which drives the feed rolls is a torque controlled, variable speed motor which lessens the stresses associated with feeding large amounts of product through the pressure chamber and/or feeding highly viscous product through the pressure chamber.

US Patent:

40132340, Mar 22, 1977

Filed:

Nov 5, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/628896

Inventors:

Rudolph J. Fay - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

J. W. Fay & Son, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B02C 1900

US Classification:

2411016

Abstract:

A dough mixer having a chopper section and a mixer section. The chopper section is at the inlet end of the mixer and includes a series of blades spaced longitudinally on a mixer shaft. The chopper blades are disposed in a plurality of planes normal to the shaft's axis, and extend outwardly from that shaft through a grilled floor in an inlet hopper, thereby insuring a complete and thorough break up of recycled dough. The mixer section is downstream of the chopper section and also includes a series of blades fixed to the mixer shaft. The mixer blades are also disposed in a plurality of planes normal to the shaft's axis but the mixer blades within each plane are angulated or pitched relative to that plane. Further, the mixer blades increase in pitch between succeeding planes from the inlet end to the outlet end of the mixer section, thereby insuring a homogeneous dough. The dough is exhausted from the dough mixer by gravity through an outlet port.

US Patent:

42126096, Jul 15, 1980

Filed:

May 17, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/906452

Inventors:

Rudolph J. Fay - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A21C 1100
A22C 700
B29C 302

US Classification:

425100

Abstract:

A method and machine for producing a configurated and specified weight food product in die cavities of a rotary die roll, each of the die cavities being defined by a configurated side wall and a porous bottom wall. During each revolution of the roll a batch of the product is forced into each cavity as the cavities pass beneath a hopper. Upon continued rotation of the roll, the bottom walls of the cavities are moved outwardly so as to force the configurated products from the die cavities. Tempered air at a controlled temperature and at a pressure above that of the atmosphere is directed through the porous bottom walls while the bottom wall is extended so that the configurated product is forced off of the wall and onto a conveyor located beneath the die roll. To facilitate cleaning of the porous dies, the die roll is so constructed that hot water may be directed through the air flow passage during cleaning and the porous bottom wall dies of the drum may be easily removed from the drum without drum disassembly.