Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090216368 | Method For Batching And Grading - The present invention provides a method and a system for increased efficiency during grading and/or batching. Partial batches are formed based on their characteristics and the fact that the items ( | 08-27-2009 |
20090301940 | Apparatus and Method for Grading and Batching of Articles - An apparatus for grading and batching of articles is proposed. The apparatus consists of an in-feed station for grading of the articles into multiple “quality classes”. The articles of each of the classes are weighted by one of multiple weighing means provided. The ability to attach multiple electronic tags or labels to each of the articles makes it possible to keep track of each of the articles and allocate them according to class and weight tags into the correct batching buffer. A vertically oriented carousel conveyor transfers the articles from the weighing means using plurality of transport buckets which are suspended from the carousel support means using pivoting mechanism such that the transport buckets maintain substantially the same position as they are transported by the carousel to batching buffers located inside the carousel. When there is a complete batch in the batching buffer the batch is transported to a collection buffer via batch transport buffer formed by a group of adjacent transport buckets on the carousel conveyor as they travel towards the in-feed station. Thus the transport buckets are used twice: First, to transport individual articles to the batching buffers and the second time, to transport an entire batch to the collecting buffer. A computer system is used to control: the conveying means, the transport buckets, the batching buffer, the batch transfer buffer, the collecting buffer, and to keep track of the different electronic tags. | 12-10-2009 |
20100147750 | Method for Batching Items - The present invention discloses a method and computer program product for hatching items, said method comprising the steps of: selecting a first item for a batch, analyze the characteristics of said selected item, create a profile of said selected item, determine qualification criteria for forthcoming items, wherein said qualification criteria for forthcoming items is based on said profile created from said first item selected for said batch. Analyzing the characteristics of an item is based on one or more of the following: weighing said item, record and process an image of said item, for determining one or more of the following characteristics: thickness of said item, color of said item, shape of said item, wherein said characteristics is used for creating a profile of said item. | 06-17-2010 |
20100282833 | Tracing Items Through a Non-Sequential Process - The present invention relates to method and a system for tracing items ( | 11-11-2010 |
20110054674 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING ITEMS SUCH AS PIECES OF MEAT - The invention relates to a method for processing items such as pieces of meat, comprising the steps of providing a stream of items | 03-03-2011 |
20130199971 | FAT/MEAT GRADING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Method and system for processing of meat trim products, where trim products are supplied as a sequence of collections of trim (COTs), each collection of trim (COT) comprising a plurality of trim products, whereby
| 08-08-2013 |
20130299307 | WORKSTATION OF A FOOD ITEM PROCESSING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a workstation of a food item processing system, said workstation comprising a food item reception area for receiving food items at the workstation from a primary conveyor of the food item processing system, a food item dispatch area for returning processed food items to the primary conveyor, a computer registration device arranged for obtaining information about a return of a processed food item from said food item dispatch area to said primary conveyor and sending said information to a computer system. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304252 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING ITEMS SUCH AS PIECES OF MEAT - A method of processing items such as pieces of meat, by providing a stream of items by means of a primary conveyor means, allocating at least partly by means of a computer system one or more of said items to one of at least two workstations where said items are processed, e.g. cut and/or trimmed, resulting in one or more processed items, registering in said computer system information about a return of at least one of said one or more processed items to said primary conveyor means, and returning said at least one of said one or more processed items to said primary conveyor means in accordance with said information about a return, wherein the method further comprises keeping track of said items including when they are taken out and put back on the primary conveyor. The invention further relates to a processing system for carrying out the method. | 11-14-2013 |
20140326644 | FAT/MEAT GRADING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Method and system for processing of meat trim products, where trim products are supplied as a sequence of collections of trim (COTs), each collection of trim (COT) comprising a plurality of trim products, whereby:
| 11-06-2014 |
20150019007 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING ITEMS SUCH AS PIECES OF MEAT - A method of processing items such as pieces of meat, by providing a stream of items by means of a primary conveyor means, allocating at least partly by means of a computer system one or more of said items to one of at least two workstations where said items are processed, e.g. cut and/or trimmed, resulting in one or more processed items, registering in said computer system information about a return of at least one of said one or more processed items to said primary conveyor means, and returning said at least one of said one or more processed items to said primary conveyor means in accordance with said information about a return, wherein the method further comprises keeping track of said items including when they are taken out and put back on the primary conveyor. The invention further relates to a processing system for carrying out the method. | 01-15-2015 |