US 11,678,675 B2
Sensor system for patty forming machine and method of use
Wouter Bart Erné, New Lenox, IL (US)
Assigned to PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Provisur Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/234,861.
Application 17/234,861 is a division of application No. 16/351,826, filed on Mar. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,013,240.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/643,903, filed on Mar. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235711 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A22C 7/00 (2006.01); A23P 30/10 (2016.01)
CPC A22C 7/0076 (2013.01) [A22C 7/0069 (2013.01); A23P 30/10 (2016.08); A22C 7/00 (2013.01); A22C 7/003 (2013.01); A22C 7/0084 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patty forming machine comprising:
a pump box configured to receive food product therein;
a fill plate having a plurality of holes therethrough through which food product is configured to pass;
a stripper plate having a plurality of holes therethrough through which food product is configured to pass, the stripper plate being positioned between the pump box and the fill plate, the stripper plate being movable in a reciprocating manner relative to the fill plate and the pump box from a fill position to a non-fill position;
a stripper plate sensor operatively coupled to the stripper plate, the stripper plate sensor configured to determine positions of the stripper plate;
a mold comprising a wall having a plurality of mold cavities;
a motor coupled to the mold and configured to continuously move the mold relative to the fill plate;
a mold sensor operatively coupled to the mold, the mold sensor configured to determine positions of the mold; and
a controller, having a processor and memory architecture, configured to:
compare the positions of the stripper plate and the mold based upon information received from the stripper plate sensor and the mold sensor, and
send a signal to move the stripper plate relative to the pump box and the fill plate from the non-fill position to the fill position when a predetermined position of the mold is determined.