US 2022/0016743 A1 · DUAL CUTTER HEAD PORTIONING AND TRIMMING

Abstract

A conveyance system 14 carries food products 12 past the scanning system 16 for scanning the food products and generating data pertaining to various parameters of the food products. Thereafter, the food products 12 are transported past a processing station 18 for cutting, trimming, portioning, etc. using a cutting apparatus 20 in the form of a robotic actuator 22 onto which is mounted a dual headed cutter assembly 24 capable of independently and simultaneously cutting/trimming/portioning two separate food products 12, for example, located in side-by-side lanes on the conveyance system or capable of independently and simultaneously cutting/trimming the opposite sides of the same food product.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for independently cutting the opposite sides of a workpiece or two separate workpieces as the workpiece(s) is(are) being conveyed on a conveyance device, the conveyance device defining a transport plane for supporting the workpiece being conveyed by the conveyance device, the apparatus comprising:

(a) a cutter assembly comprising:
a mounting bridge;
beam cutters mounted at spaced apart locations on the mounting bridge to direct cutting beams toward the transport plane;
(b) an actuator for supporting and moving the mounting bridge above the support plane;
and
(c) a control system for controlling the operation of the conveyor assembly, the actuator and the beam cutters to move the beam cutters relative to the workpiece and to operate the beam cutters to independently cut a singular workpiece along two spaced apart cutting paths relative to the workpiece or independently cut separate workpieces along spaced apart cutting paths, while the workpiece(s) is being transported on the conveyance device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Dual cutter head portioning and trimming

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Dual cutter head portioning and trimming

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Abstract

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