| AEW DELFORD SYSTEMS LIMITED Patent applications |
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| 20100133862 | PICK AND PLACE GRIPPER DEVICE - A gripper device is provided for picking up and releasing an article. The device includes a support ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100066824 | VISION SYSTEM USING STROBED ILLUMINATION - A vision system for viewing the end face of product ( | 03-18-2010 |
| 20090317221 | PICK AND PLACE HANDLING DEVICE - A pick and place device for picking up and re-positioning an article ( | 12-24-2009 |
| 20080250945 | FOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATING THEREOF - Food processing apparatus is provided for use in the division of a food product such as cheese or meat in separate portions prior to packing of the portions into individual packs for sale. The apparatus comprises a machine for dividing the food products into portions, a control arrangement ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080250907 | PART PACK OPTIMIZATION - A food slicing machine ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080250904 | GIVEAWAY WEIGHT REDUCTION - A food processing system is provided for outputting groups of slices of a food product, with each group having a weight greater than a predetermined group weight threshold. The system includes a food slicing machine ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080212842 | Two Colour Vision System - A vision system is described for viewing the end face of product mounted in a machine which in use produces measurements relating to the area of the end face and of at least one constituent part of the product which is visible in the end face. The system comprises means for illuminating the end face and a video camera for producing a video signal from an image of the illuminated end face. The end face is illuminated by light of two predominantly different wavelengths. One wavelength illuminates an area which contains both the end face and surrounding parts of the machine, while light of the other wavelength from a laser source produces a pattern of parallel spaced apart lines of light of the said other wavelength. A memory stores information on the components of the machine which in use extend into the field of view of the scanning means, and signals obtained from the stored information are employed to gate the video signal to exclude video signal corresponding to regions of the field view which are known not to contain any part of the product end face. The parallel lines cross the end face at a specific given angle, and parallel lines in the field of view at other angles indicate regions in the field of view which are not part of the end face of the product. Gating excludes video signal of parallel lines in the image which are not at the specific angle and of parallel lines crossing flat regions of the machine parallel to the end face of the product, to leave a residual video signal corresponding to the end face, from which an electronic mask is generated which represents the extent of the product end face. A full colour video signal of the field of view is gated by the mask. The vision system forms part of a product slicing machine and measurements and/or dimensional values obtained from the video signal control the thickness of the next slice to be cut and are also sent to slice and pack grade-level decision logic, to control down-line gates. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080199285 | Gripping Food Products in Slicing Machines - An apparatus is described for gripping food products such as bacon, cheese or cooked meat in a slicing machine, together with methods of operation thereof. The gripper apparatus comprises hooks ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080196603 | Food Slicing Machines Having Moveable Gates - A food slicing machine is described which has a slicing blade ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080196600 | Control of Food Slicing Machines - A food slicing machine is provided which is particularly suitable for slicing food products such as bacon, cheese or cooked meats. The machine has a slicing blade ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080196567 | Holding Down Food Products in Slicing Machines - Apparatus is provided for holding down food products ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080196566 | Location of food products in food slicing machines - A food slicing machine is provided which includes restraining apparatus operative to engage the sides of a food product ( | 08-21-2008 |
