A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR FORMING WEIGHED PORTIONS OF FOODSTUFF ARTICLES ARRANGED IN AN ORDERLY PATTERN

摘要

In the laying out of high quality foodstuff slices (4) on carrier plates (48) for use in packings, e.g. slices of salmon arranged in imbricated formation, it is customary that the work is done manually, when there is aimed at packings of a predetermined weight. According to the invention it is possible to effect the work automatically, in using a weight controlled merging of slices (4) by means of a sorting system having a grader conveyor (10, 66), from which the slices, in a positively guided manner, are transferred selectively to respective receiver stations, controlled by a dynamic weighing system (6, 8) at the entrance to the sorting conveyor. Each receiver station is provided with means for arranging the successive slices, which will typically arrive rather irregularly, in the desired neat manner on the relevant support plates as supplied from associated magazines.