EP 2477895 A1 20120725 - A PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR GRADING AND PACKING FRUIT
Title (en)
A PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR GRADING AND PACKING FRUIT
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR KLASSIFIZIERUNG UND VERPACKUNG VON FRÜCHTEN
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE CLASSIFICATION ET DE CONDITIONNEMENT DE FRUITS
Publication
Application
Priority
- AU 2009904533 A 20090918
- AU 2010001218 W 20100917
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2011032226A1] A process for grading and packing produce including the steps of separating the produce into single units, aligning the single units such that a stem portion of each single unit is oriented in the same direction, imaging each single unit using an optical mechanism for capturing at least one image of the produce and comparing the at least one captured image to one or more control images to establish at least quality grade and size based on the comparison, applying sorting identification indicia to the exterior of the single unit based on the imaging; and packing the produce into a package based on the quality grade and size, with each package containing a plurality of single units of the same quality grade and a similar size.
IPC 8 full level
B65B 5/00 (2006.01); A01D 46/30 (2006.01); A23N 15/06 (2006.01); B07C 5/02 (2006.01); B07C 5/04 (2006.01); B65B 1/30 (2006.01); B65B 13/00 (2006.01); B65B 25/00 (2006.01); B65B 25/02 (2006.01); B65B 25/04 (2006.01); B65B 35/00 (2006.01); B65B 35/06 (2006.01); B65B 35/26 (2006.01); B65B 35/30 (2006.01); B65B 35/56 (2006.01); B65B 35/58 (2006.01); B65B 61/26 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B07C 5/3422 (2013.01); B65B 11/004 (2013.01); B65B 25/04 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2011032226A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
AU 2009230787 B1 20110303; EP 2477895 A1 20120725; IN 3254DEN2012 A 20151023; JP 2013505115 A 20130214; WO 2011032226 A1 20110324
DOCDB simple family (application)
AU 2009230787 A 20091027; AU 2010001218 W 20100917; EP 10816484 A 20100917; IN 3254DEN2012 A 20120416; JP 2012529067 A 20100917