Butchering – Carcass subdivision – Automatic control
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-21
2006-02-21
Price, Thomas (Department: 3643)
Butchering
Carcass subdivision
Automatic control
Reexamination Certificate
active
07001261
ABSTRACT:
An 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 operable to position the probes between the multi-belts of the conveyor and extend the probes upward between the multi-belts to penetrate the meat cut for measuring the fat thickness.
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Johnson John E.
Vandenbroek Chris
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
Price Thomas
Stallion Mark E.
Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
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