Method and apparatus for meat scanning
US7164749B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N23/083
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and apparatus for scanning food products to determine at least one property of the food product. In one embodiment, two sources of the food product, such as a low fat and a high fat source, controllably feed into a grinder. The grinder feeds into an x-ray analysis apparatus which is adapted to determine the desired property of the food product by x-ray analysis. A controller then forms a feedback loop which controls the relative amount of food product being feed from each of the food product sources.
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