Patent ID: 6962525

Claim:
A meat cut classification system for determining the thickness of a layer of fat comprising: a classification station frame; a conveyor mounted on said classification station frame having parallel split dual belts proximately spaced apart in a side by side relationship extending in the same direction and having a uniform equidistant gap there between and where said conveyor has a conveyor drive; a trolley mechanism mounted on said classification station frame having a probe assembly attached thereto where said trolley mechanism is operable to be selectively driven by the conveyor drive by engaging a clutch operatively linked between said conveyor drive and said trolley mechanism; said trolley mechanism adapted to translate along a rail extending in a direction parallel to said split dual belts for positioning said probe assembly; and said probe assembly having a cylinder adapted to elevate a probe of said probe assembly upward between the split dual belts for probing a meat cut being conveyed on said conveyor.