Automated classifier and meat cut fat trimming method and...

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2005-08-16

2005-08-16

Poon, Peter M. (Department: 3643)

Butchering

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C452S150000

Reexamination Certificate

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06929540

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for a meat cut classification and fat trimming for sensing the thickness of a layer of fat of a cut of meat and the various contours thereof as it travels along a conveyance and providing the fat thickness or classification information to a downstream system for performing a fat trimming operation. The meat cut classification system comprises a split/multi-belt conveyor having split/multi-belts proximately spaced apart extending in the same direction and having a uniform equidistant gap there between and said conveyor having a drive for conveying the meat cut through the classification system and a multi-probe mechanism assembly.

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