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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Jon A. Hocker, Bothell, WA (US);
John R. Strong, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ramesh M. Gunawardena, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A thermal processing and control system () includes a thermal processing station () for receiving food products () being carried on a conveyor system (). A first scanning station () is located upstream from a similar processing station () for scanning the food products being carried by the conveyor (). A second scanning station () is located downstream of the thermal processing station (). A diverter conveyor () diverts selected food products () from the conveyor () to a transverse conveyor () which is capable of positioning the diverted food product onto a temperature measurement station (), whereat the temperature of the food product is measured, either manually or automatically.