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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Ishida Europe Limited, West Midlands, GB;
Inventors:
Adrian Sunter, Worcestershire, GB;
Robert Bennett, West Midlands, GB;
Assignee:
ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITED, West Midlands, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 5/00 (2006.01); B26D 7/06 (2006.01); B26F 1/38 (2006.01); A22C 17/00 (2006.01); B26D 5/32 (2006.01); B26F 3/00 (2006.01); A22C 21/00 (2006.01); G01B 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 5/007 (2013.01); A22C 17/0086 (2013.01); A22C 17/0093 (2013.01); A22C 21/0053 (2013.01); A22C 21/0069 (2013.01); B26D 5/32 (2013.01); B26D 7/0625 (2013.01); B26F 1/3813 (2013.01); B26F 3/004 (2013.01); G01B 15/00 (2013.01); G01N 23/00 (2013.01); B26D 2210/02 (2013.01); G01N 2223/618 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of removing a foreign object from a food piece detects the location of a foreign object in a food piece (); conveys the food piece to a cutting tool (); and operates the cutting tool to cut around the detected location of the foreign object and subsequently to engage and eject the foreign object from the food piece.