Apparatus and method for scanning food bars with movable scanning unit
AssigneeWeber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach
InventorsLeopold VON KEUDELL, Tobias WEBER
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a scanning apparatus for scanning food bars for a food processing system. The scanning apparatus comprises a conveyor assembly for conveying a food bar in a longitudinal direction, and a scanning unit adapted to record an outer and/or inner shape of at least one food bar. The scanning unit is movable at least along the longitudinal direction. The disclosure further relates to a method for scanning food bars.
Claims21
A scanning apparatus for scanning food bars for a food processing system, the scanning apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor assembly for conveying a food bar in a longitudinal direction;
- and
- a scanning unit which is adapted to record an outer shape and/or inner shape of the food bar;
- wherein the scanning unit is movable at least along the longitudinal direction.
A method for scanning food bars, the method comprising:
- conveying a food bar in a longitudinal direction using a conveyor assembly;
- scanning the food bar using a scanning unit;
- and
- moving the scanning unit along the food bar in the longitudinal direction during the scanning.
A scanning apparatus for scanning food bars for a food processing system, the scanning apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor assembly for conveying a food bar in a longitudinal direction;
- and
- a scanning unit which is adapted to record an outer shape and/or inner shape of the food bar;
- wherein the scanning unit is movable at least along the longitudinal direction, and the conveyor assembly comprises a circulating conveying device, wherein a belt gap defined by deflection rollers and movable in the longitudinal direction is provided in an upper support area of the conveyor assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.