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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2008
Robert Bottemiller, Bellevue, WA (US);
George Blaine, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Craig E. Pfarr, Issaquah, WA (US);
Robert Bottemiller, Bellevue, WA (US);
George Blaine, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Craig E. Pfarr, Issaquah, WA (US);
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A portioning system () includes a scanner () for scanning a passing poultry breast (). A cutting device (), a slicing device () and/or other equipment may be used to portion, trim, or otherwise process the poultry breast under the control of a computer (). The computer also utilizes the information from the scanner to determine position and the angular orientation of the poultry breast relative to a reference line by determining directional lines corresponding to physical attributes of the poultry breast. One directional line is related to the principal axis of the poultry breast, determined from the axis of least inertia of the poultry breast when analyzing the regions of the poultry breast above a selected elevation of the poultry breast.