公开(公告)号：CA2110648A1

公开(公告)日：1994-09-24

申请号：CA2110648

申请日：1993-12-03

Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY INC

Inventor： DAVIS WALTER L ,  ANDERSON JAMES E

IPC: B65G47/14

Abstract: 22 High-Speed Vibratory Alignment and Singulation Conveyor A vibratory feed device is described for producing a high-speed single-ale stream of aligned food articles. The feed device comprises a vibratory guide trough extending longitudinally from a receiving end to a discharge end. The guide trough has inclined and transversely-opposed sidewalls. An endless feed belt travels longitudinally through the guide trough from the receiving end to the discharge end. The feed belt has outer portions which incline upwardly to form a concave conveyor surface for conveying food articles through the guide trough.The guide trough oscillates to singulate and align food articles within the concave conveyor surface. The feed device also includes a redirection sheave at the discharge end of the guide trough. The redirection sheave supports the feed belt along a redirection arc which extends at least partially about the redirection sheave. An endless hold-down belt faces the feed belt along the redirection arc to hold food articles against the feed belt.

公开(公告)号：CA2087418A1

公开(公告)日：1993-09-04

申请号：CA2087418

申请日：1993-01-15

Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY INC

Inventor： HUFFORD DAVID W

IPC: A47J27/16 ,  A47J37/04 ,  A23L1/01 ,  A23B7/06 ,  A47J27/08 ,  A23N12/04

Abstract: The preferred embodiment described in this application is a forced-steam cooker/blancher (100) for cooking or blanching a depth of bulk food particles by supporting the food particles on an extended perforated particle support surface (122) and by forcing steam through said depth of bulk food particles and through perforated particle support surface (122). The cooker/blancher includes walls (138) extending upwardly from particle support surface (122). Particle support surface (122) is perforated to allow fluid passage therethrough. Pressure means is included for forcing steam through a depth of food particles (141) contained within walls (138) on support surface (122) and through perforated particle support surface (122).

公开(公告)号：DE3381431D1

公开(公告)日：1990-05-17

申请号：DE3381431

申请日：1983-06-14

Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY INC

Inventor： DAVIS WALTER L ,  MESSENGER DALE ,  RANDALL MALCOLM W

IPC: B26D5/34 ,  G01N21/88

Abstract: An article inspection and cutting apparatus (10) is described for high production processing of elongated articles (12) such as raw potato strips (french fries). The apparatus includes a conveyor (20) for moving the articles (12) in line in a large number of transversely spaced lanes past an inspection (28) station and a cutting station (30). Scanning cameras (38, 40) at the inspection station (28) rapidly scan across the lanes to detect color or shade variation in the articles (12) and generate electrical signals characteristic to the defect. Rotating sets of knife wheels (54) are positioned at the cutting station for selectively projecting two or more knives (68) from the periphery of the wheel to cut sections of the article (12) containing the defect to separate the defective portion from the remainder of the article. The apparatus (10) has the capability of detecting the size of different shade defects and removing smaller dark defects and larger lighter defects.

公开(公告)号：AU2018334373A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：AU2018334373

申请日：2018-06-27

Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY INC

Inventor： LODEWYCKX PETER ,  VAN DAELE MARC ,  JUSTICE TIMOTHY

IPC: G06K9/34 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: A method of sorting is described, and which includes providing a product stream formed of individual objects of interest having feature aspects which can be detected; generating multiple images of each of the respective objects of interest; classifying the feature aspects of the objects of interest; identifying complimentary images by analyzing some of the multiplicity of images; fusing the complimentary images to form an aggregated region representation of the complimentary images; and sorting the respective objects of interest based at least in part upon the aggregated region representation which is formed.

公开(公告)号：BR112013026721A2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-27

申请号：BR112013026721

申请日：2012-02-29

Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY INC

Inventor： THOMPSON ROBERT B ,  JONES ROBERT E

IPC: B26D5/02

Abstract: resumo "aparelho de corte" um aparelho de corte é apresentado, o qual inclui uma lâmina de corte móvel de maneira alternativa ao longo de um caminho de curso, um elemento de trilha montado adjacente à lâmina de corte e que coopera mecanicamente com a lâmina de corte de modo a definir, pelo menos em parte, uma primeira posição de não corte e uma segunda posição de corte para a lâmina de corte, e um ímã montado sobre o elemento de trilha e que magneticamente restringe de maneira liberável a lâmina de corte quando a lâmina de corte se encontra na primeira posição de não corte ou na segunda posição de corte.

公开(公告)号：AU2014265701B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-15

申请号：AU2014265701

申请日：2014-05-12

Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY INC

Inventor： GROENWALD EUGENE ,  DE BRUIN HARM-JAN

IPC: B65G27/12

Abstract: A linear motion conveyor is described and which includes an elongated conveyor bed having a product transporting surface for supporting and transporting a product between the opposite first and second ends thereof, and a drive assembly oriented in force transmitting relation relative to the elongated conveyor bed, and where the elongated conveyor bed, when reciprocated by the drive assembly is operable to move product alternatively between the opposite ends of the product elongated conveyor bed in a first direction; a second direction; and which is further rendered operable to substantially stop the movement of the product located between the opposite ends of the elongated conveyor bed.

公开(公告)号：AU2015280590A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-25

申请号：AU2015280590

申请日：2015-05-21

Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY INC

Inventor： ADAMS DIRK ,  COLCOEN JOHAN ,  JUSTICE TIMOTHY L ,  RICHERT GERALD R

IPC: B07C5/342

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sorting objects is described, and which provides high- speed image data acquisition to fuse multiple data streams in real-time, while avoiding destructive interference when individual sensors or detectors are utilized in providing data regarding features of a product to be inspected.

公开(公告)号：MX2016005016A

公开(公告)日：2016-06-24

申请号：MX2016005016

申请日：2015-05-14

Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY INC

Inventor： WOILER CHRISTOPHER A ,  JONES MICHAEL R ,  DUNHAM DEAN

IPC: B65G27/26

Abstract: Está descrita una barra de conexión a tierra que tiene una geometría predeterminada que disipa el esfuerzo aplicado a la barra de conexión a tierra por el movimiento repetitivo de la barra de conexión a tierra para inhibir que en la barra de conexión a tierra se inflijan daños relacionados con el esfuerzo, la cual además inhibe que una fuente de fluido forme un charco o se acumule en la superficie orientada exteriormente de la misma con tal de evitar que se desarrolle una condición antihigiénica.

公开(公告)号：AU2012250262B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-16

申请号：AU2012250262

申请日：2012-02-29

Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY INC

Inventor： JONES ROBERT E ,  THOMPSON ROBERT B

IPC: B26D5/02

Abstract: A cutting apparatus is disclosed and which includes a cutter knife which is reciprocally moveable along a path of travel, a track member mounted adjacent to the cutter knife, and which mechanically cooperates with the cutter knife so as to define, at least in part, a first non-cutting position, and the second, cutting position for the cutter knife, and a magnet mounted on the track member and which releasably magnetically restrains the cutter knife when the cutter knife is in either of the first non-cutting position, or the second, cutting position.

公开(公告)号：MX2015016656A

公开(公告)日：2016-04-04

申请号：MX2015016656

申请日：2013-08-13

Applicant: KEY TECHNOLOGY INC

Inventor： WOILER CHRISTOPHER A

IPC: B25B5/12

Abstract: Se describe una abrazadera que incluye un miembro de interacción del objeto móvil con un extremo distal que se mueve a lo largo de un camino predeterminado de recorrido entre una posición abierta y cerrada; así como. un conjunto de aplicación de fuerza móvil que coopera de manera giratoria con el miembro de interacción del objeto móvil y que se utiliza para mover al miembro de interacción del objeto a lo largo de la ruta predeterminada de recorrido entre las posiciones abierta y cerrada.