Patents by Inventor Erick A. Sorenson
Erick A. Sorenson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11883974Abstract: A conveyor system 24 carries work items, such as flexible, pliable, food products 22, through a scanning system 28 which generates data pertaining to various physical parameters of the food products. Thereafter, the food products are transported through a processing station which may be in the form of a portioning system 30. Next, the portioned food products are transported to a harvesting system 32 utilizing a actuator 34 to unload the food product portions 36 by vacuuming the portions into a nozzle 90. Such food products are transported to one or more desired locations through a hose/tube connected to a nozzle or may be launched through the air in a trajectory aimed at the desired placement location.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Jon A. Hocker, George R. Blaine, Harrison T. Gill, Jonathan Keogh, Erick A. Sorenson
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Publication number: 20230278250Abstract: Mist management systems are configured for a processing machine having a portioning station configured to portion a workpiece within an enclosed portioner housing having a first side wall extending along the portioning station, a second side wall, at least one hood portion between the first and second side walls, and at least one end wall between the first and second side walls, using at least one liquid jet cutter and a conveyor configured to move the workpiece in a longitudinal direction beneath the at least one liquid jet cutter. The systems may include a tray secured within the enclosed portioner housing beneath the at least one liquid jet cutter and the conveyor, the tray being downwardly angled and configured to direct a waterjet of the liquid jet cutter toward a low pressure plenum chamber positioned external to the first side wall of the enclosed portioner housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
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Patent number: 11685073Abstract: Mist management systems are configured for a processing machine having a portioning station configured to portion a workpiece within an enclosed portioner housing having a first side wall extending along the portioning station, a second side wall, at least one hood portion between the first side wall and the second side wall, and at least one end wall between the first side wall and the second side wall, using at least one liquid jet cutter and a conveyor configured to move the workpiece in a longitudinal direction beneath the at least one liquid jet cutter.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
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Publication number: 20200346360Abstract: Mist management systems are configured for a processing machine having a portioning station configured to portion a workpiece within an enclosed portioner housing having a first side wall extending along the portioning station, a second side wall, at least one hood portion between the first side wall and the second side wall, and at least one end wall between the first side wall and the second side wall, using at least one liquid jet cutter and a conveyor configured to move the workpiece in a longitudinal direction beneath the at least one liquid jet cutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
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Patent number: 10751902Abstract: A mist management system for a processing machine includes a pressure distribution assembly configured to evacuate mist from a portion of the processing machine into a plenum using pressure differences between the portion of the processing machine and the plenum. In one aspect, the system may include a mist directing assembly configured to purposefully direct mist toward the plenum using movement and momentum of the mist.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
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Publication number: 20200254641Abstract: A conveyor system 24 carries work items, such as flexible, pliable, food products 22, through a scanning system 28 which generates data pertaining to various physical parameters of the food products. Thereafter, the food products are transported through a processing station which may be in the form of a portioning system 30. Next, the portioned food products are transported to a harvesting system 32 utilizing a actuator 34 to unload the food product portions 36 by vacuuming the portions into a nozzle 90. Such food products are transported to one or more desired locations through a hose/tube connected to a nozzle or may be launched through the air in a trajectory aimed at the desired placement location.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Jon A. Hocker, George R. Blaine, Harrison T. Gill, Jonathan Keogh, Erick A. Sorenson
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Patent number: 10427882Abstract: A conveyor belt support system for a conveyor having a belt movable along a frame includes a plurality of support slats each extending substantially along a longitudinal axis of the belt. The plurality of support slats is adjustable in position relative to the belt. A processing machine for scanning and portioning a workpiece includes a scanning station configured to scan a workpiece to ascertain at least one physical parameter of the workpiece, a portioning station configured to portion the scanned workpiece, a conveyor for moving the workpiece beneath the scanning station and the portioning station that includes a belt with an open form moveable along a frame, and the conveyor belt support system located beneath at least the scanning station.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
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Publication number: 20190160702Abstract: A mist management system for a processing machine includes a pressure distribution assembly configured to evacuate mist from a portion of the processing machine into a plenum using pressure differences between the portion of the processing machine and the plenum. In one aspect, the system may include a mist directing assembly configured to purposefully direct mist toward the plenum using movement and momentum of the mist.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
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Publication number: 20190161280Abstract: A conveyor belt support system for a conveyor having a belt movable along a frame includes a plurality of support slats each extending substantially along a longitudinal axis of the belt. The plurality of support slats is adjustable in position relative to the belt. A processing machine for scanning and portioning a workpiece includes a scanning station configured to scan a workpiece to ascertain at least one physical parameter of the workpiece, a portioning station configured to portion the scanned workpiece, a conveyor for moving the workpiece beneath the scanning station and the portioning station that includes a belt with an open form moveable along a frame, and the conveyor belt support system located beneath at least the scanning station.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
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Patent number: 9834384Abstract: An automatic blade and conveyor gap adjustment assembly for a blade portioning conveyor machine having a blade assembly and a conveyor assembly with an infeed conveyor and an outfeed conveyor includes a blade adjustment assembly suitable for moving the blade assembly between at least first and second positions relative to the conveyor assembly and a first automatic conveyor gap adjustment assembly. The first automatic conveyor gap adjustment assembly is configured to define a first gap between an interior nose of the infeed conveyor and an interior nose of the outfeed conveyor to correspond to the first position of the blade assembly, and it is configured to define a second gap between the interior nose of the infeed conveyor and the interior nose of the outfeed conveyor to correspond to the second position of the blade assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Alex Dopp, Erick Sorenson
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Publication number: 20170210569Abstract: An automatic blade and conveyor gap adjustment assembly for a blade portioning conveyor machine having a blade assembly and a conveyor assembly with an infeed conveyor and an outfeed conveyor includes a blade adjustment assembly suitable for moving the blade assembly between at least first and second positions relative to the conveyor assembly and a first automatic conveyor gap adjustment assembly. The first automatic conveyor gap adjustment assembly is configured to define a first gap between an interior nose of the infeed conveyor and an interior nose of the outfeed conveyor to correspond to the first position of the blade assembly, and it is configured to define a second gap between the interior nose of the infeed conveyor and the interior nose of the outfeed conveyor to correspond to the second position of the blade assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2016Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: John Bean Technologies CorporationInventors: Alex Dopp, Erick Sorenson