ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,687, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Chicago).

"Profile scanner and feed assembly for a high-speed food slicing apparatus" was invented by Ryan Michael Torrenga (Bourbonnais, Ill.) and Michael Scott Severns (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food slicing includes a forward conveyor assembly located proximal to the blade assembly and a rearward conveyor assembly configured to transport the food product to the forward conveyor assembly. The rearward conveyor assembly is located immediately upstream from the forward conveyor assembly and gap is formed laterally between the forward conveyo...