US 12,330,831 B2
Automatic conditioning station for frozen foods
José Antonio Tobias Granado, Buñol (ES)
Assigned to ISENO Y CONSTRUCCIÓN DE MAQUINARIA AUTOMATIZADA, S.L., Buñol (ES)
Appl. No. 18/723,462
Filed by DISEÑO Y CONSTRUCCIÓN DE MAQUINARIA AUTOMATIZADA, S.L., Buñol (ES)
PCT Filed Dec. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/ES2021/070917
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 23, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/118616, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0417125 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 25/06 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 5/10 (2006.01); B65B 35/36 (2006.01); B65B 35/50 (2006.01); B65B 57/14 (2006.01); G01G 19/387 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 57/14 (2013.01) [B25J 11/0045 (2013.01); B65B 5/06 (2013.01); B65B 5/105 (2013.01); B65B 5/108 (2013.01); B65B 25/065 (2013.01); B65B 35/36 (2013.01); B65B 35/50 (2013.01); G01G 19/387 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conditioning station for a frozen food, the conditioning station comprising:
at least one loading position;
at least one feeder for feeding empty boxes to the at least loading position;
at least one loading robot equipped with a gripper to take groupings of the frozen food and transfer them to the boxes in the loading positions, in synchronization with the feeder;
a scale for automatically weighing the boxes; and
at least one dispenser to automatically deposit one or more individual units of frozen food in the loaded boxes;
wherein the conditioning station is controlled to load the boxes such that, at the end of the loading by means of the loading robot, the loaded boxes have a weight selected from:
equal to or less than a predetermined lower set point; and
higher than the lower set point by a value not higher than a predetermined tolerance, so as not to have to remove any individual unit from the frozen food;
wherein the conditioning station is further controlled so that, after the deposit by the dispenser, the weight of the loaded box is equal to or greater than that of the predetermined lower set point within the predetermined tolerance.