Package making – With means responsive to a sensed condition – Concurrent control of contents and receptacle feeds
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-14
2006-02-14
Smith, Scott A. (Department: 3721)
Package making
With means responsive to a sensed condition
Concurrent control of contents and receptacle feeds
C053S459000, C053S504000, C053S517000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06996948
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for use in packing meat cuts including a machine vision system arranged to scan or view individual meat cuts and acquire dimensional, volume, shape, cut type, or meat quality or grading information or other information relating to the individual meat cuts, two or more meat cut packing stations arranged to receive the acquired information relating to individual meat cuts and to dispense to an operator or automatedly apply to the meat cuts a pack matched to each individual meat cut as meat cuts arrive at the packing stations, and a diversion stage arranged to direct individual meat cuts to one or other of the packing stations based on the acquired information relating to the individual meat cuts from the machine vision system.
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Koke John P.
Steele Clifford B.
Nash Brian
Quatt Mark B.
Sealed Air (NZ) Limited
Smith Scott A.
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