3results about "Fish arranging" patented technology

The invention relates to an apparatus (10) designed and configured to transport and separate and / or correct the positioning of products, comprising: a transport device (12) having a circulatingly driven conveying element (13), the conveying element (13) being designed and configured to transport at least one product stream formed by a plurality of products in a transport plane E in the transport direction T; at least one detection means (14) for detecting the products on the conveying element (13); at least one handling device (15) designed and configured to correct the positioning of the products on the conveying element (13) and / or to separate individual products in each case in the transport plane E, the handling device (15) being movable toward the conveying element from above perpendicularly to the transport plane E in order to establish an operative connection to the product and hold the product on the conveying element (13), which continues to run, and the handling device being linearly movable transversely to the transport direction T exclusively in the transport plane E of the conveying element (13) in order to correct the positioning of the product and / or in order to separate the products; and a control device (16) designed and configured to control the handling device (15) on the basis of the data from the detection means (14), the apparatus being characterized in that the control device (16) comprises a program component (17) programmed to generate a virtual image (100) of the conveying element (13) with the products lying thereon on the basis of the data from the detection means (14), namely at least the extent of each product on the conveying element (13) in the transport plane E and the coordinates of the products on the conveying element (13), and to determine from said virtual image, while the conveying element (13) is continuously driven, at least one movement path for the collision-free separation and / or correction of the positioning of the products. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

The present invention relates to a trough (10) configured and adapted to receive fish (11) that can be transported laterally with respect to the longitudinal length of the fish (11) in a substantially horizontal transport plane E in the transport direction T using a trough conveyor (38), wherein the trough (10) comprises at least one head support (13) and at least one main support (14), each main support (14) comprising a body (15) having a support surface (16) parallel to the transport plane E and a contact surface (17) oriented substantially perpendicular to the support surface (16), wherein the trough is characterized in that the contact surface (17) is formed by a partition (18) oriented at an angle β≠0 with respect to the longitudinal axis L of the trough (10), the partition (18) divides the support surface (16) of the main support (14) into two separate regions, namely a body support region (19) and a tail support region (20). The present invention further relates to a trough conveyor (38) having such a trough (10).

This disclosure relates to a method and system for processing and / or inspecting a food item. The method comprises a leading conveyor conveying the food item in a first direction, towards and onto a trailing conveyor. The leading conveyor and the trailing conveyor are separated by a gap. The method comprises the trailing conveyor conveying the food item in a second direction at least a component of which extends in the first direction. The trailing conveyor conveys the food item faster than the leading conveyor herewith stretching at least a part of the food item when the food item bridges the gap. The method also comprises capturing an image of and / or performing a processing step on the stretched at least part of the food item.