公开(公告)号：US12151837B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US18103303

申请日：2023-01-30

Applicant: Leprino Foods Company

Inventor： Joshua Bartelt ,  Jim Volk ,  Roy Markvicka ,  Ron Cantwell ,  Sanket Khedkar ,  Liam Taylor ,  Mark Carmer

IPC: B65B25/06 ,  B65B37/18 ,  B65B37/20 ,  B65B57/10 ,  B65G47/46

Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to methods and systems for automated food packaging. The method and system includes singulating a plurality of elongate food products into a plurality of individual product pieces, conveying the plurality of individual product pieces along a moving surface, depositing a portion of the individual product pieces into a bucket, where the products are deposited such that a length of greater than about 90% of the individual product pieces are generally aligned parallel with the first side or second side of the bucket. Methods and systems include measuring a height between a top surface of the deposited portion of produce pieces and a top side of the moving surface, vertically lowering the bucket if the measured height is less than a threshold amount, and depositing a second portion of individual product pieces into the vertically lowered bucket.

公开(公告)号：US20240253835A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18103303

申请日：2023-01-30

Applicant: Leprino Foods Company

Inventor： Joshua Bartelt ,  Jim Volk ,  Roy Markvicka ,  Ron Cantwell ,  Sanket Khedkar ,  Liam Taylor ,  Mark Carmer

IPC: B65B25/06 ,  B65B37/18 ,  B65B57/10 ,  B65G47/46

CPC classification number: B65B25/068 ,  B65B37/18 ,  B65B57/10 ,  B65G47/46 ,  B65B2210/06 ,  B65G2201/0202

Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to methods and systems for automated food packaging. The method and system includes singulating a plurality of elongate food products into a plurality of individual product pieces, conveying the plurality of individual product pieces along a moving surface, depositing a portion of the individual product pieces into a bucket, where the products are deposited such that a length of greater than about 90% of the individual product pieces are generally aligned parallel with the first side or second side of the bucket. Methods and systems include measuring a height between a top surface of the deposited portion of produce pieces and a top side of the moving surface, vertically lowering the bucket if the measured height is less than a threshold amount, and depositing a second portion of individual product pieces into the vertically lowered bucket.