Method and system for weighing products
US8556687B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C17/0073
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a system for producing and handling sausage-like product and a method for controlling for controlling said system with the steps of filling a tubular casing with viscous or granular stuff, dividing the filled tubular casing into sausage-like products and closing the sausage-like products by closure clips in a clipping machine, feeding the sausage-like product out of the clipping machine and storing the sausage-like product on a rod-like element in a hanging line and gripping the rod-like element by a robotic device and storing the rod-like element in a storage frame. The method further comprises the steps of sensing the weight of the sausage-like product after the sausage-like product is stored on a rod-like element, deriving a control signal for the clipping machine on the basis of the weight and controlling the clipping machine by a control unit on the basis of the control signal.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.