US 12,258,221 B2
Food product quality control system
Graham Neale, Bournemouth (GB); and Lee Vine, Poole (GB)
Assigned to ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITED, Birmingham (GB)
Appl. No. 17/790,441
Filed by ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITED, Birmingham (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/050197
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/152313, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2001358 (GB), filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0093613 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 47/64 (2006.01); A22C 17/00 (2006.01); B65G 21/12 (2006.01); B65G 41/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01); G01N 23/18 (2018.01); G01N 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/647 (2013.01) [A22C 17/0073 (2013.01); B65G 21/12 (2013.01); B65G 41/001 (2013.01); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01N 23/18 (2013.01); G01N 33/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food product quality control system comprising:
a support structure;
an inspection unit for detecting at least one property of a food product supplied to the inspection unit, the inspection unit being mounted on the support structure; and
a conveyor system for conveying a food product through and/or past the inspection unit, the conveyor system being mounted on the support structure;
wherein the conveyor system comprises a conveying apparatus carried on a frame, the frame being movably mounted to the support structure such that the frame may move relative to the inspection unit between an operation position, at which the frame is laterally aligned with the inspection unit such that food product may be conveyed through and/or past the inspection unit, and a maintenance position, at which the frame is laterally offset from the inspection unit.