US 12,258,158 B2
Food delivery system for packaging of food and method of delivering food to be packaged
Jose Antonio Contreras Gamboa, Fort Worth, TX (US); and Gerald Edward Holt, St. Charles, MO (US)
Assigned to GRUPO BIMBO S.A.B. DE C.V., Mexico D.F. (MX)
Filed by Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V., Mexico D.F. (MX)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/303,794.
Prior Publication US 2024/0351721 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 25/16 (2006.01); B65B 5/08 (2006.01); B65B 35/44 (2006.01); B65B 35/58 (2006.01); B65B 57/14 (2006.01); B65B 57/20 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 25/16 (2013.01) [B65B 5/08 (2013.01); B65B 35/44 (2013.01); B65B 35/58 (2013.01); B65B 57/14 (2013.01); B65B 57/20 (2013.01); B65B 65/003 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method of delivering multiple food items, the method comprising:
placing multiple food items on a surface of a balancer station and receiving on a surface of a grouper station the multiple food items from the balancer station;
controlling distribution of the multiple food items of the balancer station to the grouper station; and
generating pixels representing images of each of the multiple food items on the surface of the grouper station, wherein signals based on numbers of the pixels for each of the multiple food items are used for the controlling distribution of the multiple food items of the balancer station to the grouper station.
 
24. A method of delivering multiple food items, the method comprising:
placing multiple food items on a surface of a grouper station and receiving on a surface of a balancer station the multiple food items from the grouper station;
controlling distribution of the multiple food items of the grouper station to the balancer station; and
generating pixels representing images of each of the multiple food items on the surface of the grouper station, wherein signals based on numbers of the pixels for each of the multiple food items are used for the controlling distribution of the multiple food items of the grouper station to the balancer station.