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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arni Sigurdsson, Reykjavik, IS;
Arni G Sigurdsson, Seltjarnarnes, IS;
Helgi Hjalmarsson, Reykjavik, IS;
Hordur Arnarson, Reykjavik, IS;
Assignee:
H. F. Marel, Ltd., Reykjavik, IS;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ; B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
83 13 ; 83 74 ; 83 77 ; 83365 ; 83367 ; 83370 ; 83932 ;
Abstract
The invention involves a method and apparatus for automatic portioning of objects. More specifically, the invention utilizes both weighing and imaging data in order to calculate an estimated weight distribution of objects being processed. One or more weighing units, which weigh one or more parts of the objects, are installed before and/or after a cutting unit to obtain the weighing data. A computer system controls cutting based on the imaging data and the weighing data.