US 12,304,102 B2
Method for eliminating rejects and transport unit suitable therefor
Manuel Moesle, Altusried (DE)
Assigned to MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmueller Se & Co. KG, Wolfertschwenden (DE)
Filed by MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG, Wolfertschwenden (DE)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,205.
Claims priority of application No. 102022120642.4 (DE), filed on Aug. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058979 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B26D 7/18 (2006.01); B26D 5/00 (2006.01); B26D 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC B26D 7/1836 (2013.01) [B26D 5/007 (2013.01); B26D 7/0625 (2013.01); B26D 2210/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for eliminating rejects from food pieces or portions transported in a single lane or multiple lanes along a transport section by a transport unit including a plurality of conveyors, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display of an operating unit, a realistic or symbolic representation of the food pieces or the portions located in or downstream of a monitoring area of the transport section,
marking a portion or a food piece on the display as a reject, thereupon automatically changing a representation of the reject or removing the representation of the reject on the display,
automatically removing data representing the reject from a memory of a control of the transport unit, in which memory data concerning the food pieces or the portions located in the transport unit are stored,
stopping at least one conveyor of the plurality of conveyors, and
removing the reject from the transport unit.