GB2382518B - Apparatus and method for portioning and automatically off-loading portioned workpieces - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for portioning and automatically off-loading portioned workpieces

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Publication number
GB2382518B
GB2382518B GB0203487A GB0203487A GB2382518B GB 2382518 B GB2382518 B GB 2382518B GB 0203487 A GB0203487 A GB 0203487A GB 0203487 A GB0203487 A GB 0203487A GB 2382518 B GB2382518 B GB 2382518B
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Prior art keywords
portioning
loading
automatically
portioned workpieces
portioned
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0203487A
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GB2382518A (en
GB2382518B8 (en
GB0203487D0 (en
GB2382518A8 (en
Inventor
Darren P Wattles
Craig E Pfarr
Carlos A Ordona
Norman A Rudy
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FMC Corp
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FMC Corp
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Priority claimed from US09/619,423 external-priority patent/US6826989B1/en
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Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
    • A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
    • A22C17/00—Other devices for processing meat or bones
    • A22C17/0093—Handling, transporting or packaging pieces of meat
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/351—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring for trimming or tuning of electrical components
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/10—Making cuts of other than simple rectilinear form
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/007—Control means comprising cameras, vision or image processing systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/18—Means for removing cut-out material or waste
    • B26D7/1845—Means for removing cut-out material or waste by non mechanical means
    • B26D7/1863—Means for removing cut-out material or waste by non mechanical means by suction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/27—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting
    • B26D7/30—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for weighing cut product
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/27—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting
    • B26D7/32—Means for performing other operations combined with cutting for conveying or stacking cut product
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F3/00—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F3/002—Precutting and tensioning or breaking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/90—Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
    • B65G47/91—Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/42—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between work feed and clamp
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F3/00—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F3/004—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor by means of a fluid jet

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Forests & Forestry (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Zoology (AREA)
  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Control Of Conveyors (AREA)
  • Intermediate Stations On Conveyors (AREA)
  • Specific Conveyance Elements (AREA)
GB0203487A 2000-07-19 2001-06-26 Apparatus and method for portioning and automatically off-loading portioned workpieces Expired - Fee Related GB2382518B8 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/619,423 US6826989B1 (en) 2000-07-19 2000-07-19 Apparatus and method for portioning and automatically off-loading workpieces
PCT/US2001/020451 WO2002007937A2 (en) 2000-07-19 2001-06-26 Apparatus and method for portioning and automatically off-loading portioned workpieces
FR0200384A FR2834664A1 (en) 2000-07-19 2002-01-14 A system for portioning workpieces, particularly food, to desired reduced sizes and then automatically off-loading it

Publications (5)

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GB0203487D0 GB0203487D0 (en) 2002-04-03
GB2382518A GB2382518A (en) 2003-06-04
GB2382518B true GB2382518B (en) 2004-09-15
GB2382518B8 GB2382518B8 (en) 2010-07-07
GB2382518A8 GB2382518A8 (en) 2010-07-07

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AU (1) AU2001270196A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2834664A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2382518B8 (en)
WO (1) WO2002007937A2 (en)

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EP0348311A1 (en) * 1988-06-24 1989-12-27 Centre Technique Cuir Chaussure Maroquinerie Device for gripping isolated or adjacent flexible pieces, their manipulation and their depositing, particularly pieces of leather and the like
JPH04242517A (en) * 1990-12-19 1992-08-31 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Product catching device and its controller
FR2713535A1 (en) * 1993-12-07 1995-06-16 Jadaud Yvon Automatic cutting of bards or rashers of bacon
US5450333A (en) * 1993-03-17 1995-09-12 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Cutting machine and workpiece pick-up method for the same
JPH09286411A (en) * 1996-04-19 1997-11-04 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Fruit selecting equipment
JPH11292276A (en) * 1998-04-15 1999-10-26 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Automatically cutting and dividing device for gripped article

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EP0348311A1 (en) * 1988-06-24 1989-12-27 Centre Technique Cuir Chaussure Maroquinerie Device for gripping isolated or adjacent flexible pieces, their manipulation and their depositing, particularly pieces of leather and the like
JPH04242517A (en) * 1990-12-19 1992-08-31 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Product catching device and its controller
US5450333A (en) * 1993-03-17 1995-09-12 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Cutting machine and workpiece pick-up method for the same
FR2713535A1 (en) * 1993-12-07 1995-06-16 Jadaud Yvon Automatic cutting of bards or rashers of bacon
JPH09286411A (en) * 1996-04-19 1997-11-04 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Fruit selecting equipment
JPH11292276A (en) * 1998-04-15 1999-10-26 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Automatically cutting and dividing device for gripped article

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FR2834664A1 (en) 2003-07-18
GB2382518A (en) 2003-06-04
GB2382518B8 (en) 2010-07-07
WO2002007937A3 (en) 2002-05-30
AU2001270196A1 (en) 2002-02-05
GB0203487D0 (en) 2002-04-03
GB2382518A8 (en) 2010-07-07

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