A tray for vibratory conveying of food articles from a hopper is provided. The tray includes a tray body, food inlet portion, and a food outlet portion. An upwardly extending dividing member divides the tray into at least two food inlet conveyor passageways, the inlet conveyor passageways merging in
A tray for vibratory conveying of food articles from a hopper is provided. The tray includes a tray body, food inlet portion, and a food outlet portion. An upwardly extending dividing member divides the tray into at least two food inlet conveyor passageways, the inlet conveyor passageways merging into a single food passageway that extends to the food outlet portion. The single food passageway may have an initially wide portion and subsequently narrow to a narrow portion as it approaches a discharge end. This arrangement helps to declump food items, preferably causing food items the size of chicken nuggets to be conveyed in a single-file arrangement along the single food passageway. The single food passageway is preferably non-linear, and may, for example, have a zigzag or serpentine configuration to promote accurate dispensing of food items.
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1. A tray for vibratory conveying food articles from a hopper, the tray comprising: a tray body, a food inlet portion, and a food outlet portion, the food inlet portion including an upwardly extending dividing member for dividing the tray into at least two food inlet conveyor passageways, the inlet
1. A tray for vibratory conveying food articles from a hopper, the tray comprising: a tray body, a food inlet portion, and a food outlet portion, the food inlet portion including an upwardly extending dividing member for dividing the tray into at least two food inlet conveyor passageways, the inlet conveyor passageways merging into a single food passageway of generally horizontal extent that extends to the food outlet portion, each inlet conveyor passageway defining a horizontally extending surface from the food inlet portion and into the single food passageway and the single food passageway comprises a relatively wide portion where the inlet conveyor passageways merge and a relatively narrow non-linear portion extending from the relatively wide portion to the food outlet portion. 2. The tray of claim 1 wherein the narrow non-linear portion has a zigzag configuration in a generally horizontal direction. 3. The tray of claim 1 wherein the narrow non-linear portion has a serpentine configuration in a generally horizontal direction. 4. The tray of claim 1 wherein the dividing member is saddle-shaped. 5. The tray of claim 1 wherein the single food passageway causes food the size of chicken nuggets to be conveyed in a single file arrangement. 6. The tray of claim 1 wherein the single food passageway extends horizontally. 7. The tray of claim 1 further comprising holes in the tray body for allowing food particles or ice crystals to fall through. 8. The tray of claim 1 wherein the inlet conveyor passageways are narrower than the relatively narrow portion of the single food passageway. 9. The tray of claim 1 wherein the inlet conveyor passageways are narrower than the upwardly extending dividing member. 10. The tray of claim 8 wherein the inlet conveyor passageways are narrower than the upwardly extending dividing member. 11. The tray of claim 1 further comprising a vibratory mechanism for vibrating the tray body. 12. The tray of claim 1 wherein the narrow non-linear portion comprises a length and a width, the length exceeding the width. 13. The tray of claim 1 wherein the width of the narrow non-linear portion is substantially constant. 14. A tray for vibratory conveying food articles from a hopper, the tray comprising: a tray body, a food inlet portion, a food outlet portion, a single food passageway having a bottom and extending to the food outlet portion, and a plurality of pyramidal members extending above and located adjacent the bottom of the single food passageway, wherein the food inlet portion includes an upwardly extending dividing member for dividing the tray into at least two food inlet conveyor passageways and the single food passageway passes between the plurality of pyramidal members. 15. The tray of claim 14 wherein the single food passageway comprises a relatively wide portion where the inlet conveyor passageways merge and a relatively narrow portion extending from the relatively wide portion to the food outlet portion and passing through the plurality of pyramidal members. 16. The tray of claim 15 wherein the narrow portion has a zigzag configuration defined by the plurality of pyramidal members. 17. The tray of claim 15 wherein the narrow portion has a serpentine configuration defined by the plurality of pyramidal members. 18. The tray of claim 15 wherein the narrow portion is non-linear. 19. The tray of claim 15 wherein the narrow portion comprises a length and a width, the length exceeding the width. 20. The tray of claim 15 wherein the inlet conveyor passageways are narrower than the narrow portion. 21. The tray of claim 14 wherein the single food passageway is dimensioned and configured to cause food the size of chicken nuggets to be conveyed in a single file arrangement. 22. The tray of claim 14 further comprising a vibratory mechanism for vibrating the tray body. 23. A tray for vibratory conveying food articles from a hopper, the tray comprising: a tray body, a food inlet portion, and a food outlet portion, the food inlet portion including an upwardly extending dividing member for dividing the tray into at least two food inlet conveyor passageways, the inlet conveyor passageways merging into a single food passageway that extends to the food outlet portion, wherein the single food passageway comprises a funnel portion where the inlet conveyor passageways merge and a relatively narrow non-linear portion extending from the funnel portion to the food outlet portion. 24. The tray of claim 23 further comprising a plurality of food articles having width on the tray to be conveyed, the relatively narrow portion of the single food passageway having width that approximately corresponds to said food articles width. 25. The tray of claim 24 wherein the food articles are selected from the group consisting of chicken nuggets, breaded shrimp, cheese nuggets and jalapeno poppers. 26. The tray of claim 23 wherein the non-linear portion has a centerline that is horizontally non-linear. 27. The tray of claim 23 wherein each food inlet conveyor passageway has a length and a sloping side along the length.
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