Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
209510000 | Sorting eggs or components thereof | 6 |
20080217216 | Apparatus for Transferring Products - The invention relates to an apparatus for removing undesirable products, for instance eggs or fruits, from a stream of products which are fed in at least one single row on well-defined positions of an endless feed conveyor, for instance lying on rollers of a roller conveyor, and which are transferred in conveying direction to and onto at least one single row of an endless follow-on conveyor which is placed at virtually the same height in alignment with said feed conveyor, wherein the transfer of each product is carried out by a product transfer element which, upon transfer, takes up a transfer position between and in alignment with the two said rows, wherein the said undesirable products are removed from the stream of products at the end of said feed conveyor, wherein the product transfer element is energized and is removed from the transfer position, wherein the product transfer element takes up the transfer position only during transfer of the products from the feed conveyor to and onto the follow-on conveyor, while in the stream of products after the feed conveyor and prior to the follow-on conveyor the desired products only come into contact with said product transfer elements. Preferably, the product transfer elements are provided on a cylinder drum between said feed conveyor and said follow-on conveyor. | 09-11-2008 |
20090218257 | SYSTEM FOR SORTING AND PACKAGING FRUIT - A system for sorting and packaging products, chosen from the group consisting of eggs and fruit ( | 09-03-2009 |
20110253603 | DEVICE FOR INSPECTING AND TRANSFERRING EGGS AND A METHOD APPLIED TO THIS END | 10-20-2011 |
209511000 | Radiant energy sensing means controls separating means | 3 |
20080283449 | Method of Analyzing and Sorting Eggs - In a method of analyzing and sorting eggs which are advanced and rolled on a conveyor belt, a plurality of images en of each egg are recorded by a plurality of cameras, and it is analyzed for each egg whether there are any areas in the image which may be an indication of whether the egg is cracked, contains impurities or the like. The analysis takes place in that each image is subjected to a line scan, and if the line includes an edge defined by two adjacent pixels where the intensity value between the two adjacent pixels is numerically greater than a certain value, e.g. 15, a discriminant analysis is provided around the edge in a subarea | 11-20-2008 |
20090314691 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMATED EGG REMOVAL - Methods and apparatus are provided that automatically determine whether or not eggs designated for removal from an egg carrier have been removed by an egg removal apparatus. Light is emitted along a path above and across an egg carrier as an egg picker moves to pick up an egg. The length of time that the light path is blocked when the egg picker is moved is measured and used to determine whether or not the egg has been removed from the carrier. Another apparatus and method is provided for detecting a malfunctioning egg picker. A detection device detects a number of eggs in the egg carrier. A control device monitors the egg picker and the detection device. The control device calculates the number of eggs in the egg carrier for determining when the number of eggs varies a predetermined amount from an egg count number for the egg carrier. | 12-24-2009 |
20120279908 | A METHOD FOR DETECTING A MALFUNCTIONING EGG PICKER - Methods and apparatus are provided that automatically determine whether or not eggs designated for removal from an egg carrier have been removed by an egg removal apparatus. Light is emitted along a path above and across an egg carrier as an egg picker moves to pick up an egg. The length of time that the light path is blocked when the egg picker is moved is measured and used to determine whether or not the egg has been removed from the carrier. Another apparatus and method is provided for detecting a malfunctioning egg picker. A detection device detects a number of eggs in the egg carrier. A control device monitors the egg picker and the detection device. The control device calculates the number of eggs in the egg carrier for determining when the number of eggs varies a predetermined amount from an egg count number for the egg carrier. | 11-08-2012 |