Conveyor and associated control system for sorting poultry carcasses
Patent 4610361 Issued on September 9, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date: 
October 29, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
October 29, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3087063 3291303 3652828 3696946 3785510 Grading apparatus Apparatus and method for detecting and dispensing articles of preselected weights suspended from shackles Sorting systems and sensing devices for use therewith Multiplexed sorting apparatus Patent #: 4134498 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/666019 filed on 10/29/1984US Classes:209/555, Diverse198/349.6, Memory stores plural sources or destinations209/564, Electronic209/593, Detecting movement of item support with electrical sensor209/912, ENDLESS FEED CONVEYOR WITH MEANS FOR HOLDING EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY700/223Collating or sortingExaminersPrimary: Reese, Randolph A.Assistant: Wacyra, Edward M. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassB65G 47/50 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1977-07-23 GBAbstractA conveyor system for sorting poultry carcasses comprises a plurality of poultry carcass carriers arranged successively to convey a plurality of carcasses along a closed path past a plurality of data input stations and then a plurality of carcass release stations. Sensors positioned along the conveyor path, one at each of the data input and release stations, are connected to a controller for receiving poultry grade and weight data from the data input stations, processing the data, and transmitting the resultant classifying data to the release stations for the selective release of carcasses from the carriers. The conveyor system maintains an individual identification of the poultry carcass carriers passing through each of the stations independent of the distance between the carriers and independent of the time lapse between a poultry carcass carrier passing one station and the next station. | |
