ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,802, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to JBT Marel Corp. (Chicago).
"Conveyor with selective width rejection system" was invented by Richard Timperio (Catskill, N.Y.), Amer M. Butt (Williamsville, N.Y.) and Peter Osvald DiCapua (Highland, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Food products (22) being transported on a conveyor (24) are scanned to ascertain if designated desired physical parameters are met. If so, the food products (22) are allowed to continue along a processing path. If not, the food products are diverted from the processing path by a diverter system (30) consisting of the plurality of individually operated diverter unit...