Food packaging machine

Claim 1

IN A FOOD SLICE PACKAGING MACHINE FOR THE PACKAGING OF DISCRETE FOOD SLICES CAPABLE OF STICKING TO A SUPPORTING SURFACE, A HORIZONTAL PLATFORM ADATPED TO SUPPORT A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING PARALLEL WEBS OF SHEET MATERIAL THEREON, A RECIPROCABLE CARRIAGE MOVABLE HORIZONTALLY AND TRANSVERSELY RELATIVE TO SAID PLATFORM BETWEEN AND ADVANCED POSITION OVER SAID PLATFORM AND A RETRACTED POSITION TO ONE SIDE OF SAID PLATFORM, SAID CARRIAGE BEING PROVIDED WITH A BELT EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY AND TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLATFORM AND CARRIED BY A PAIR OF ROLLERS AND HAVING THEIR ROTATION AXES EXTENDING PARALLEL WITH REFERENCE TO SAID PLATFORM, MEANS ROTATING SAID BELT UPON SAID ROLLERS AS SAID PLATFORM, MEANS FOR SO THAT THE LOWER STRETCH OF SAID BELT REMAINS SUBSTANTIALLY STATIONARY WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLATFORM, MEANS FOR DISPENSING FOOD SLICES AT A PRESELECTED RATE UPON THE UPPER STRETCH OF SAID BELT AS SAID CARRIAGE IS MOVED BETWEEN RETRACTED AND ADVANCED POSITIONS, AND STRIPPING MEANS PROVIDED BY SAID CARRIAGE AND MOVABLE THEREWITH FOR PEELING FOOD SLICES FROM THE LOWER STRETCH OF SAID BELT AS SAID CARRIAGE MOVES FROM ITS RETRACTED TO ITS TRANSFERRED POSITION, WHEREBY, FOOD SLICES ARE PEELED AND TRANSFERRED FROM THE LOWER STRETCH OF SAID BELT WHILE SAID LOWER STRETCH IS STATIONARY RELATIVE TO SAID PLATFORM.