Apparatus and method for removing ribs
CA 2200545 C · Owner: Cardinal, Jacques · Inventors: Turcotte, Pierre; Tessier, Clement; Beaumont, Francois
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The apparatus for automatically removing ribs portion from belly of a beast flank such as pork flank, comprises a conveyor provided with gripping hooks for holding the flank in position on the conveyor during ribs portion removing a camera disposed over flank top surface showing ribs for generating image electrical signals representing an image of the flank top surface a laser triangulation unit for generating surface profile data characterizing the flank top surface a pair of lateral cameras for generating ribs thickness data for the ribs and analyzing device such as computer for receiving the image electrical signals surface profile data and ribs thickness data for deriving therefrom a …
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- Filed March 20, 1997 and granted January 7, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 20, 2017.
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