WO1998014370A3 - Apparatus and process for meat packing - Google Patents

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WO1998014370A3
WO1998014370A3 PCT/NZ1997/000127 NZ9700127W WO9814370A3 WO 1998014370 A3 WO1998014370 A3 WO 1998014370A3 NZ 9700127 W NZ9700127 W NZ 9700127W WO 9814370 A3 WO9814370 A3 WO 9814370A3
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boning
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Richard Archer Melville
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Richard Archer Melville
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Priority to AU44047/97A priority Critical patent/AU730709B2/en
Priority to NZ335578A priority patent/NZ335578A/en
Priority to US09/269,716 priority patent/US6267661B1/en
Publication of WO1998014370A2 publication Critical patent/WO1998014370A2/en
Publication of WO1998014370A3 publication Critical patent/WO1998014370A3/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
    • A22B—SLAUGHTERING
    • A22B7/00—Slaughterhouse arrangements
    • A22B7/001—Conveying arrangements
    • A22B7/007—Means containing information relative to the carcass that can be attached to or are embedded in the conveying means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
    • A22B—SLAUGHTERING
    • A22B5/00—Accessories for use during or after slaughtering
    • A22B5/0064—Accessories for use during or after slaughtering for classifying or grading carcasses; for measuring back fat
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
    • A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
    • A22C17/00—Other devices for processing meat or bones
    • A22C17/0093—Handling, transporting or packaging pieces of meat
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
    • A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
    • A22C17/00—Other devices for processing meat or bones
    • A22C17/10—Marking meat or sausages
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/06—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
    • B65B25/065—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products of meat
    • B65B25/067—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products of meat combined with its conservation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G11/00—Apparatus for weighing a continuous stream of material during flow; Conveyor belt weighers
    • G01G11/04—Apparatus for weighing a continuous stream of material during flow; Conveyor belt weighers having electrical weight-sensitive devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/02—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles
    • G01G19/04—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles for weighing railway vehicles
    • G01G19/06—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles for weighing railway vehicles on overhead rails
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/14—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for weighing suspended loads
    • G01G19/18—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for weighing suspended loads having electrical weight-sensitive devices

Abstract

A method and apparatus for carrying out a meat packing process in which carcasses of animals (102) are weighed (100) and moved on a boning line (101) in sequence past a number of boning and trimming stations (103 and 105). The trimmed cuts are transferred to a main conveyor (108). The cuts are placed in bags dispensed by one or more machines (22) which produce bags whose lengths and widths are matched to those of the cuts placed therein. Each hook (38) has a bar code (39) which is scanned at the boning stations. Feed conveyors (241-243) are controlled by the central processor (34). The travel of the main conveyor (108) is monitored by the central processor so that each position on the main conveyor to which the cuts are transferred from the feed conveyors is identified at each trimming station and at the bagging station. By this means each bagged cut can be identified with the animal from which it was derived.
PCT/NZ1997/000127 1996-10-03 1997-10-02 Apparatus and process for meat packing WO1998014370A2 (en)

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AU44047/97A AU730709B2 (en) 1996-10-03 1997-10-02 Apparatus and process for meat packing
NZ335578A NZ335578A (en) 1996-10-03 1997-10-02 Meat packing process, monitoring system tracks carcasses and correlates them with cuts taken from them
US09/269,716 US6267661B1 (en) 1996-10-03 1997-10-02 Apparatus and process for meat packing

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