Chicken sorting device
US4720961A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G19/393
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for filling a package with a predetermined weight of items, such as pieces of chicken, is disclosed. The device, under the control of a computer, sorts predetermined quantities of chicken pieces to a plurality of pockets each of which is adapted to transfer the predetermined quantities of chicken pieces sorted thereto so that they may be passed to a partially filled package, upon receipt of a control signal from the computer. The device, under the control of the computer, selects which of the pockets contains pieces of chicken which should be added to the partially filled package in order to bring the contents of that package up to the predetermined weight.
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