Handling portions

US9016476B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach

Inventors

• Sigfrid Bauer · Groß Teetzleben, DE
• Gerd Lischinski · Schönbeck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B25/06
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of handling portions comprising a respective at least one slice, wherein the slices have been produced by slicing food products, wherein the portions are conveyed, in particular line-wise, one after the other in a main conveying stream along a conveying direction, wherein incomplete portions, in particular portions low in weight, are automatically recognized and/or classified, wherein incomplete portions are expelled from the main conveying stream and are supplied to a correction station in a correction stream, wherein incomplete portions are respectively completed by at least one single slice which is removed from a slice store with the aid of an automatic transfer unit and wherein completed portions are automatically channeled back into the main conveying stream.