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Apparatus and method for determining at least one parameter of a produced sausage

  • US 9,470,513 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2014
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for determining at least one parameter relating to the shape of a sausage, which is transported on a transport device, comprising:

  • a measuring device, which comprises at least one distance sensor disposed in such a way that said sensor can detect a distance (c) to a sausage that is being transported, andan evaluation device, which determines at least one parameter relating to the shape of the sausage as a function of the distance (c), wherein the evaluation device determines as said at least one parameter a direction of curvature of the sausage and/or a size of curvature of the sausage, and the evaluation device being designed in such a way that a signal (S4) is generated as a function of the at least one parameter, in order to transport the sausage for corresponding further processing steps.

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