Automated classifier and meat cut fat trimming method and apparatus

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PATENT NO 6929540
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10709582

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Apparatus and method for a meat cut classification and fat trimming for sensing the thickness of a layer of fat of a cut of meat and the various contours thereof as it travels along a conveyance and providing the fat thickness or classification information to a downstream system for performing a fat trimming operation. The meat cut classification system comprises a split/multi-belt conveyor having split/multi-belts proximately spaced apart extending in the same direction and having a uniform equidistant gap there between and said conveyor having a drive for conveying the meat cut through the classification system and a multi-probe mechanism assembly.

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TYSON FRESH MEATS INC800 STEVENS PORT DRIVE SUITE 836 DAKOTA DUNES SD 57049

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Johnson, John E Jefferson, SD 22 157
Vandenbroek, Chris Beverly Hills, MI 2 19

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