Patents by Inventor Hrafnkell Eiríksson

Hrafnkell Eiríksson 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).

  • Publication number: 20160205955
    Abstract: A meat inspection and sorting line comprising supply means, a radiation inspection facility, a cutting facility and a reject facility. Meat parts are brought together and fed into the radiation inspection facility by means of a conveyor in a layer of meat parts. An undesired object is detected by the radiation inspection facility by means of e.g. an X-ray technique and a part of the layer of meat parts containing the undesired object is identified and separated from the layer of meat parts by the cutting facility. The identified and separated part of the layer of meat parts containing the undesired object is rejected by the reject facility from the layer of meat parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Árni Sigurdsson, Hrafnkell Eiríksson
  • Patent number: 9307774
    Abstract: A meat inspection and sorting line comprising supply means, a radiation inspection facility, a cutting facility and a reject facility. Meat parts are brought together and fed into the radiation inspection facility by means of a conveyor in a layer of meat parts. An undesired object is detected by the radiation inspection facility by means of e.g. an X-ray technique and a part of the layer of meat parts containing the undesired object is identified and separated from the layer of meat parts by the cutting facility. The identified and separated part of the layer of meat parts containing the undesired object is rejected by the reject facility from the layer of meat parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: MAREL ICELAND EHF
    Inventors: Árni Sigurdsson, Hrafnkell Eiríksson
  • Publication number: 20150313245
    Abstract: A meat inspection and sorting line comprising supply means, a radiation inspection facility, a cutting facility and a reject facility. Meat parts are brought together and fed into the radiation inspection facility by means of a conveyor in a layer of meat parts. An undesired object is detected by the radiation inspection facility by means of e.g. an X-ray technique and a part of the layer of meat parts containing the undesired object is identified and separated from the layer of meat parts by the cutting facility. The identified and separated part of the layer of meat parts containing the undesired object is rejected by the reject facility from the layer of meat parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Árni Sigurdsson, Hrafnkell Eiríksson
  • Patent number: 9095146
    Abstract: A meat inspection and sorting line comprising supply means, a radiation inspection facility, a cutting facility and a reject facility. Meat parts are brought together and fed into the radiation inspection facility by means of a conveyor in a layer of meat parts. An undesired object is detected by the radiation inspection facility by means of e.g. an X-ray technique and a part of the layer of meat parts containing the undesired object is identified and separated from the layer of meat parts by the cutting facility. The identified and separated part of the layer of meat parts containing the undesired object is rejected by the reject facility from the layer of meat parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: MARCEL ICELAND EHF
    Inventors: Árni Sigurdsson, Hrafnkell Eiríksson
  • Publication number: 20140170947
    Abstract: A meat inspection and sorting line comprising supply means, a radiation inspection facility, a cutting facility and a reject facility. Meat parts are brought together and fed into the radiation inspection facility by means of a conveyor in a layer of meat parts. An undesired object is detected by the radiation inspection facility by means of e.g. an X-ray technique and a part of the layer of meat parts containing the undesired object is identified and separated from the layer of meat parts by the cutting facility. The identified and separated part of the layer of meat parts containing the undesired object is rejected by the reject facility from the layer of meat parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: MAREL ICELAND EHF
    Inventors: Árni Sigurosson, Hrafnkell Eiríksson