Imager apparatus and process for ingestible products
AssigneeMesser Industries USA, Inc.
InventorJohn Griffiths
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing a congelation profile of an ingestible product removed from a freezer, includes a transmitter for transmitting EMF radiation to contact the ingestible product; at least one sensor arranged at a side of the ingestible product for receiving the EMF radiation, the at least one sensor adapted to generate at least one signal responsive to the EMF radiation and representative of a dielectric of frozen portions of the ingestible product, and another dielectric of unfrozen portions of the ingestible product; and a controller in communication with the at least one sensor for receiving the at least one signal for producing therefrom the congelation profile of the frozen portions and the unfrozen portions of the ingestible product. A related process is also provided.
Claims20
An apparatus for providing a congelation profile of an ingestible product removed from a freezer, comprising:
- a transmitter for transmitting EMF radiation to contact the ingestible product;
- at least one sensor arranged at a side of the ingestible product for receiving the EMF radiation, the at least one sensor adapted to generate at least one signal responsive to the EMF radiation and representative of a dielectric of frozen portions of the ingestible product, and another dielectric of unfrozen portions of the ingestible product;
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- a controller in communication with the at least one sensor for receiving the at least one signal for producing therefrom the congelation profile of the frozen portions and the unfrozen portions of the ingestible product.
A process for providing a congelation profile of an ingestible product removed from a freezer, comprising:
- transmitting EMF radiation for contacting the ingestible product;
- sensing the EMF radiation at the ingestible product with at least one sensor for generating at least one signal responding to the EMF radiation and representing a dielectric of frozen portions of the ingestible product, and another dielectric of unfrozen portions of the ingestible product;
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- providing a controller for receiving the at least one signal for producing therefrom the congelation profile of the frozen portions and the unfrozen portions of the ingestible product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.