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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2020
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Jon A. Hocker, Bothell, WA (US);
George R. Blaine, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Harrison T. Gill, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan Keogh, Renton, WA (US);
Erick A. Sorenson, Shoreline, WA (US);
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A conveyor systemcarries work items, such as flexible, pliable, food products, through a scanning systemwhich generates data pertaining to various physical parameters of the food products. Thereafter, the food products are transported through a processing station which may be in the form of a portioning system. Next, the portioned food products are transported to a harvesting systemutilizing a actuatorto unload the food product portionsby vacuuming the portions into a nozzle. Such food products are transported to one or more desired locations through a hose/tube connected to a nozzle or may be launched through the air in a trajectory aimed at the desired placement location.