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Patent No.:

US 10906682 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2017

Food processing system, apparatus for testing a foreign object sensor and a method for operating the food processing system

Applicant:

Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI (US);

Inventor:

Nicholson James Hirzel, Augusta, MI (US);

Assignee:

KELLOGG COMPANY, Battle Creek, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Honigman LLP

Kathryn D. Doyle, Esq.

Jonathan P. O'Brien

Primary Examiner:

Thanh K Truong

Assistant Examiner:

Katie L Gerth

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 57/12 (2006.01); G01N 33/10 (2006.01); B65B 57/10 (2006.01); B65B 7/02 (2006.01); B65B 37/16 (2006.01); B65B 39/00 (2006.01); B65B 61/26 (2006.01); G01F 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/02 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); B65B 51/14 (2006.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B65B 25/00 (2006.01); B65B 57/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 57/12 (2013.01); B65B 7/02 (2013.01); B65B 37/16 (2013.01); B65B 39/007 (2013.01); B65B 57/10 (2013.01); B65B 61/26 (2013.01); G01F 15/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/02 (2013.01); G01N 33/10 (2013.01); G01V 3/08 (2013.01); B65B 5/022 (2013.01); B65B 25/00 (2013.01); B65B 51/146 (2013.01); B65B 57/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A food processing system is disclosed. The food processing system includes a food scaling portion, a food bagging portion and a chute portion connecting the food scaling portion to the food bagging portion. The food processing system also includes a foreign object sensor arranged about the chute portion. The foreign object sensor and the chute portion cooperatively form a foreign object sensing zone within a passage formed by the chute portion that extends along a portion of a length of the chute portion. The food processing system also includes at least one sensor testing conduit extending through one or both of the food scaling portion and the chute portion. An exit opening of the at least one sensor testing conduit is arranged in an opposing relationship with respect to the foreign object sensing zone. A foreign object sensor apparatus for detecting non-foodstuff material is also disclosed. A method is also disclosed.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hirzel, Nicholson. (2021). Food processing system, apparatus for testing a foreign object sensor and a method for operating the food processing system (U.S. Patent No. 10906682). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10906682

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