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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Baader Poultry Holding Gmbh, Lübeck, DE;

Inventors:

Douglas Bryan Barnett, Olathe, KS (US);

Ryan John Foltz, Bucyrus, KS (US);

Ryan Wesley O'dell, Weatherby Lake, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); A22C 17/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); G01G 19/387 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 17/0093 (2013.01); B65G 47/905 (2013.01); G01G 19/387 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for grading/batching food parts includes a scale unit with a first predetermined precision, a plurality of batch bins to receive food parts, a weighing station to weigh food parts, which have not yet been transferred into the bins, with a second predetermined precision greater than the first predetermined precision and to associate the determined weights with the corresponding food part, a plurality of controllable second transfer units to selectively transfer particular ones of said food parts, which have been weighed into a selected one of the bins, and a control unit connected with the scale unit, weighing station, and first and second transfer units. The control unit controls the first and second transfer unit to assemble in the bins food parts so the total weight in each bin corresponds to a predetermined target weight. A method for grading/batching, and an apparatus/method for transferring food parts is also provided.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Barnett, Douglas. (2026). Apparatus and method for grading, batching and selectively transferring food parts (U.S. Patent No. 12550906). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12550906

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