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Left/right determination system for arm part of pig carcass

Granted 21 Jun 2016 · no office action yet

Assignee: MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.

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Inventors: Masaru Tokumoto, Kazuhiro Hattori, Hiroaki Muranami · Examiner: Richard Price, Jr. · AU 3643 · TC 3600

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Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed for left/right determination of the arm part of a pig carcass before it is deboned. A plurality of clampers move around on an endless track. At a suspension station, a work is suspended from each clamper. There are left/right and front/back determination stations where it is determined whether a left-side or right side, and a front-side portion or back-side portion is facing a side irradiated by X-rays. Based on results of the determinations, posture of the work is corrected by a clamper rotating device. At an X-ray imaging station, it is controlled so that the front-side portion of the work faces the side irradiated by the X-rays and a longer side faces a movement direction of the endless track. An X-ray image of the work is obtained to determine a target coordinate of a bone-part surface required for incision making and deboning processes.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
Section A — Human necessities
  • A22B7/00
  • A22C17/00
Section G — Physics
  • G01N21/27
  • G01N21/25
  • G01N23/04

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art unit 3643 · TC 3600
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related publicationUS 20150257396 A117 Sep 2015

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