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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Foodmate B.v., Oud-Beijerland, NL;
Juul Floris van den Berg, Oud-Beijerland, NL;
Mark Thomas Gustaaf den Boer, Oud-Beijerland, NL;
Jacobus Eliza Hazenbroek, Klaaswaal, NL;
Foodmate BV, , NL;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method of, as well as an apparatus for, weighing items of poultry, such as poultry or chicken carcasses, in conjunction with a meat processing systems (). The method includes: a first step of providing a weighing bridge () having force measuring means () with two load cells; a second step of conveying a suspended item of poultry in a predefined path extending over the weighing bridge (); a third step of transferring substantially the weight of the suspended item of poultry onto the weighing bridge; and a fourth step of reading out values detected by the load cells of the force measuring means (); and calculating an actual weight using an average of the detected force values over a predetermined period of time. The apparatus includes components for carrying out the method.
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