Chicken egg sorter and method for utilizing information available from measuring unit
AssigneeNabel Co., Ltd.
InventorKunio NAMBU
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Abstract
A chicken egg sorter of the present invention includes a measuring unit, an egg conveyor, a triggering unit, and an anomaly detector. The measuring unit measures the weight of each of chicken eggs placed one by one on the measuring unit. The egg conveyor conveys chicken eggs to and from the measuring unit. The triggering unit indicates a measurement timing at which the chicken egg weight is to be obtained from the measuring unit. The anomaly detector detects an anomaly of at least one of a mechanical part of the measuring unit and a mechanical part of the egg conveyor, based on information, collected from the measuring unit, about the chicken egg weight at timings other than the measurement timing.
Claims5
A chicken egg sorter comprising:
- a measuring unit that measures a weight of each of chicken eggs placed one by one on the measuring unit;
- an egg conveyor that conveys chicken eggs to and from the measuring unit;
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- an anomaly detector that detects an anomaly of at least one of a mechanical part of the measuring unit and a mechanical part of the egg conveyor, based on information about chicken egg weight at timings other than a measurement timing of the chicken egg weight, collected from the measuring unit.
A method for utilizing information available from a measuring unit mounted on a chicken egg sorter, the method including:
- collecting, from the measuring unit, information about chicken egg weight at timings other than a measurement timing;
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- using the information for normal-operation monitoring of at least one of a mechanical part of the measuring unit and a mechanical part of the chicken egg sorter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.