Patent ID: 6857952
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A meat cut classification system for determining the thickness of a layer of fat comprising: a rail extending parallel to a conveyor said rail having a trolley mechanism operable to translate along said rail and said trolley having a probe extending vertically upward from said trolley; a cam follower mechanism operatively attached between said trolley and a trolley roller chain where said roller chain has at least one sprocketed pulley axially attached to a drive shaft where said drive shaft is operatively connected to a conveyor drive by a clutch assembly where said clutch is operable to selectively transfer drive from the conveyor drive to the drive shaft for causing translation of said trolley along said rail; and said probe assembly having a cylinder adapted to elevate a probe upward transverse the direction of conveyance for probing a meat cut.