US Patent Issued to PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES on Feb. 3 for "Food product slicing apparatus having a product gate assembly and method of operating same" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,635, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Chicago).

"Food product slicing apparatus having a product gate assembly and method of operating same" was invented by Gage Allen Fox (Manhattan, Ill.) and Ryan J. O'Connor (Clarendon Hills, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food product slicing apparatus includes a frame, a tray mounted on the frame and configured to support food product blocks, a product gate assembly mounted on the frame and configured to support front ends of the food product blocks, and a gripper assembly mounted on the frame and configured to grip rear ends of the food product blocks. The pro...