US 12,419,315 B2
Systems and methods for object processing using levitation
Ryan John Foltz, Bucyrus, KS (US); and Ryan Wesley O'Dell, Weatherby Lake, MO (US)
Assigned to BAADER Food Systems USA, Inc., Kansas City, KS (US)
Filed by BAADER Food Systems USA, Inc., Kansas City, KS (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/364,449.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/370,171, filed on Aug. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041058 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01); A22C 17/00 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/0053 (2013.01) [B65G 54/02 (2013.01); A22C 21/0007 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0258 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food processing system, comprising:
a plurality of planar motors forming a conveyor system, wherein the planar motors produce magnetic fields, and wherein the conveyor system forms a holding area disposed between a first area and a second area;
a plurality of carriers disposed above the planar motors, wherein the carriers include one or more magnets that interact with the magnetic fields, and wherein the magnetic fields are modulated to independently move the carriers relative to the planar motors;
wherein the plurality of carriers include a first carrier, and a second carrier,
wherein the first carrier supports a first food part with a first overall characteristic, and the second carrier supports a second food part with a second overall characteristic;
wherein the second area includes a first desired batch overall characteristic;
wherein the first overall characteristic and second overall characteristic are identified by a carrier distribution computer to meet the first desired batch overall characteristic; and
wherein the carrier distribution computer commands the planar motors to move the first carrier and second carrier from the holding area to the second area.