Meat processing method and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12108768B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US17786560

    申请日:2020-12-09

    IPC分类号: A22C17/00 B25J11/00

    摘要: A meat processing apparatus has an automated analysis stage for analysing meat parts with penetrating radiation. Data is generated for sue in both feedforward and feedback information, and may be used for robotic control of trimming and boning operations. There is a radiation-shielded chamber within which there is a tomography scanner with a scanner controller, arranged to perform analysis of meat parts. A port is used for entry and exit of meat parts placed in carriers into and out of the chamber for analysis by the scanner, and a handling system performs automated movement of the carriers between the port and the scanner. The port has an interlock chamber, having an inner door and an outer door and a controller to ensure that while the scanner is operating only one door can open. The meat parts are inspected automatically by an inspection station and a controller of the inspection station feeds forward data which is used by the scanner controller to control scanner operation according to meat part physical attributes.

    SEPARATOR AND FEED SCREW FOR A GRINDING MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20240316569A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18734217

    申请日:2024-06-05

    IPC分类号: B02C18/30 A22C17/00 B02C18/36

    摘要: A grinding machine includes first feed screw, first head, first center pin, first knife assembly, bushing and first orifice plate. Second feed screw is coupled to first center pin and rotates within second head. Second feed screw is positioned against the bushing such that the bushing acts as a thrust bearing. Second center pin is coupled to second feed screw and is configured to rotate a second knife assembly. Second orifice plate is arranged on second center pin. Second mounting ring can be linearly adjusted relative to second head to axially position second orifice plate between a stop shoulder of second head and a lip of second mounting ring. Second feed screw may include a plurality of flights arranged in a split flight configuration including one or more ingress end flights and one or more egress end flights.

    DEBONING DEVICE
    4.
    发明公开
    DEBONING DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240225020A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18013779

    申请日:2021-06-22

    申请人: Kazuo SATO

    发明人: Kazuo SATO

    IPC分类号: A22C17/00 A22C17/02

    摘要: [Problem to be solved] To provide a deboning device that can reliably put notches at preset intervals, prevent deterioration in yield and improve working efficiency.
    [Solution] A deboning device includes a cutting hand 25 with a blade part for cutting and removing outer peripheral flesh from a rib tip part so as to expose a tip of each rib R in a robot arm 4 of which multiple joints are coupled by different rotation shafts and controlled to operate in a three-dimensional manner.

    ARTICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240114913A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-11

    申请号:US18478456

    申请日:2023-09-29

    IPC分类号: A22C17/00 A22C21/00

    摘要: There is provided an article inspection system including: an additional processing control unit that executes additional processing on an article determined to be defective among inspected articles, according to an inspection result of an article inspection unit, in which the additional processing control unit includes a quality state determination unit that determines which one of a plurality of preset quality states the inspection result corresponds to, and processing request selection means for selecting any one of first processing request information for requesting a working machine to perform first additional processing work by the working machine and second processing request information for requesting second manual additional processing work, according to a determination result of the quality state determination unit.