Meat sortation

Patent Number: 9386781

Patent Date: 2016-07-12

Patent type: utility

A system and method for sorting animal protein is provided. The method includes determining a desired characteristic of a cut of meat from an animal portion and associating the desired characteristic with an attribute of the animal portion. The attribute is ascertained and the animal portion is sorted based on the ascertained attribute. Like animal portions are grouped together for further processing as a group.

Inventors

First Name Last Name City State Country
David R. McKenna - - -
Paul B. Hiemenz - - -
H. Glen Dolezal, Jr. - - -
Bilynn Johnson - - -

IPCs

Section Class Sub Class Group Sub Group
A 22 B 5 00
A 22 C 17 00
A 23 L 1 31

Assignee

Organization First Name Last Name City State Country
Cargill, Incorporated - - - - -