Patent
1987-01-20
1988-01-12
Abercrombie, Willie G.
17 11, 83 72, 83 77, 83367, A22C 2100
Patent
active
047181460
ABSTRACT:
A conveyorized machine that operates to automatically advance objects of generally the same shape and weight, particularly breasts of turkey, to a scale platform which is retractable below the conveyor and elevatable above the conveyor. On the scale platform the object is automatically positioned to a desired location relative to a vertically running band saw blade. In one mode of the machine the desired location will result in the object being sawed or severed into two portions of equal weight. In another mode the desired location will result in the object being sawed or severed into one portion of a predetermined weight and a second portion being the remainder of the object. After the object has been positioned in the desired position on the scale platform, the platform retracts or lowers below the level of the conveyor and the object is then conveyed past the band saw blade and the resulting two severed portions are conveyed to the discharge end of the machine. Preferably, a hold-down mechanism is provided to securely hold the object in its desired position on the conveyor as it passes by the saw blade.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4065911 (1978-01-01), Fagan
patent: 4270243 (1981-06-01), Lewis
patent: 4441537 (1984-04-01), Vartiainen
Abercrombie Willie G.
Donovan D. J.
Harcarik J. T.
Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation
Savoie T. R.
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