Charles M Wallace

US Patent:

40719570, Feb 7, 1978

Filed:

Mar 15, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/666846

Inventors:

Richard F. Sumption - Portsmouth VA
Charles H. Wallace - Carrollton VA

Assignee:

International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation - Nutley NJ

International Classification:

G01B 702

US Classification:

33174L

Abstract:

According to the disclosure, apparatus for measuring carcasses is provided which includes a first measuring tool for measuring a length and/or circumference of a carcass and producing a signal representative of the measured length and means is coupled to said first tool for receiving said signal and storing a value representing a measured length. A second tool is also provided for measuring the thickness of fat in a carcass and producing another signal representative of the measured thickness, and means is coupled to said second tool for receiving and storing a value representing a measured thickness. In the method of measuring carcasses for grading according to predetermined standards, the process includes producing in the first measuring tool a signal representing a length measurement, continuously receiving said signal, indicating on said tool when the length measurement has been made, storing in response to said indication the signal corresponding to the measured length, and subsequently utilizing the stored signals for evaluating the carcasses. The method also contemplates inserting a second measuring tool into the fat of a carcass to produce a signal representative of the fat thickness, continuously receiving said signal corresponding to the measured thickness, indicating on said second tool when the fat thickness has been measured, storing in response to said indication the signal corresponding to the measured thickness, and utilizing the signal in combination with the measured length for evaluating the carcasses.

US Patent:

39798356, Sep 14, 1976

Filed:

Aug 15, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/604972

Inventors:

Richard F. Sumption - Portsmouth VA
Charles H. Wallace - Carrollton VA

Assignee:

International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation - Nutley NJ

International Classification:

G01B 518
G01B 726

US Classification:

33169B

Abstract:

According to the disclosure, a tool is provided for measuring the thickness of fat in a carcass and producing a signal representative of the measured thickness, and means is coupled to said tool for receiving and storing a value representing a measured thickness. The method includes inserting the measuring tool into the fat of a carcass to produce a signal representative of the fat thickness, continuously receiving said signal corresponding to the measured thickness, indicating on said tool when the fat thickness has been measured, and storing in response to said indication the signal corresponding to the measured thickness.