Apparatus and method for use in packing meat cuts

Package making – With means responsive to a sensed condition – Concurrent control of contents and receptacle feeds

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C053S459000, C053S504000, C053S517000

Reexamination Certificate

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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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