Butchering – Conveyer – Sorting
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Price, Thomas (Department: 3643)
Butchering
Conveyer
Sorting
Reexamination Certificate
active
07976368
ABSTRACT:
In a method for the processing of fish, poultry or other meat products being conveyed in a plurality along a processing line, components which are to be excluded from consumption are separated and edible products obtained as a result for consumption are checked with an automatic inspection device for residues left behind. Separation takes place in such a way that, in the case of a number of edible products, minimized residues of at least one kind are deliberately permitted and induced for further processing of the edible products, in particular to optimize the edible product recovery. The automatic inspection device is adjusted to detect the minimized tolerance residues, and inspected edible products with and without the tolerance residues are separated from each other. In an apparatus for carrying out the method, a separating device with at least one separating tool is designed in such a way that, in the case of a number of edible products, minimized tolerance residues of at least one kind are left behind for further processing of the edible products, and the inspection device is connected to a separator device which distinguishes edible products with and without residues according to the inspection results and discharges them separately from each other.
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Haucke Hartmut
Hearn Paul M.
Miller Ralph Anderson
Nicholas Shawn
Kinberg Robert
Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG
Price Thomas
Schwarz Steven J.
Venable LLP
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