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Abstract

A portioning machine reducing bulk semi-viscous material portions to lesser semi-viscous material portions and methods of operating and using are provided. The apparatus includes one or more horizontal conveyor belts with a stream of bulk semi-viscous material portions thereon processing a bulk semi-viscous portion from the stream. Two or more vertical conveyors are provided communicating with an end of the one or more horizontal conveyors and entraining the bulk semi-viscous material portions there between. A portioner sectioner is provided along with a controller, where the controller is adapted to operate the at least one horizontal conveyor to feed and thereby entrain the bulk semi-viscous material in the two or more vertical conveyors, which in turn entrain and pull a lesser portion of semi-viscous material from the bulk semi-viscous material portion and the controller is further adapted to drive the portioner sectioner into the bulk semi-viscous material portion to sever the lesser portion of semi-viscous material portion from the bulk semi-viscous material portion and thereby convey the lesser semi-viscous material portion up the at least two vertical conveyors.

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First Claim