Assignee: Bettcher Industries, Inc.

Location: Birmingham, OH
No. of patents: 67

Number	Title	Issue Date
8074363	Rotary knife blade for low friction rotary knife A power operated knife comprises a blade supporting structure supporting an annular blade for rotation about a central axis. The blade and blade supporting structure are engagable along bearing contact locations that are spaced apart in a direction parallel to the a...	12/13/2011
7867539	Device for the thermal treatment of unshelled eggs The invention is relating to device for the controlled heating and cooling and conservation of eggs (18) that is provided with an oven space (13) with a carrier plate (7) with holders for the positioning of the eggs (18) substantially upr...	01/11/2011
7798502	Lug cart & support table assembly for food product breading machine A lug cart and support table assembly is disclosed comprising a support table having an upper support surface for supporting a breading machine. A lug tub-shaped lug located in the lug cart and a latching system affixed to the lug cart to removably attach the lug ca...	09/21/2010
7710714	Housing for scale or load cell controller A housing for a scale or load cell controller suitable for use in harsh environments. The housing includes a moisture-resistant front display unit coupled to a rear interface and mounting unit. The front display unit includes a front housing, a back housing, and a f...	05/04/2010
7670212	Method of trimming portion of chicken paw metatarsal pad using power operated rotary knife A method for trimming an undesirable portion of a metatarsal pad of a chicken paw using a power operated rotary knife. The steps of the method include: a) providing a power operated rotary knife including an annular knife blade rotatable about a central axis and def...	03/02/2010
7614360	Breading machine A breading machine has a battering unit for applying a fluent batter to a food product. The battering unit includes a batter reservoir and a battering unit conveyor system for delivering food products from said batter reservoir to a battering unit conveyor discharge...	11/10/2009
7610864	Support table assembly for food product breading machine A support table assembly for a food product breading machine. The support table assembly includes a support table defining an upper support surface for supporting a breading machine, a guide coupled to the support table assembly and a slide assembly that is slidable...	11/03/2009
7572176	Overhead poultry conveying and counting system A system and method of counting poultry carcasses conveyed by an overhead shackle conveying system. Poultry carcasses are suspended from shackles of an overhead conveying system and moved along a path of travel defined by the overhead conveying system. The carcasses...	08/11/2009
7296531	Breading machine A breading machine has first and second combination battering/breading units positioned in close proximity to each other. Certain features of the invention have utility with machines having only a single battering/breading unit. Each of the combination units has a b...	11/20/2007
7285302	Device and method for the thermal treatment of unshelled eggs The invention is relating to device for the controlled heating and cooling and conservation of eggs (18) that is provided with an oven space (13) with a carrier plate (7) with holders for the positioning of the eggs (18) substantially upr...	10/23/2007
D548121	Housing for scale or load cell controller	08/07/2007
7207114	Rotary knife with improved drive transmission A rotary knife with an improved drive transmission. The knife includes a tubular handle assembly, an annular blade, a blade housing, a pneumatic motor, and a drive transmission assembly. The transmission includes a drive or pinion gear, a drive shaft, and a connecto...	04/24/2007
7153202	Flexible shaft drive transmission Helical members applied in flexshaft assemblies for retaining lubricant inside a flexshaft casing 22. The helical members have a helix that is opposite of a helix of wires that make up a flexible drive member. The helical members direct the lubricant away fro...	12/26/2006
7107887	Rotary knife having vacuum attachment A rotary knife having a ring blade that defines a closed loop cutting surface for cutting material which the ring blade contacts during rotation. Materials cut using the blade such as meat cut from a carcass or trimmed from a piece of meat are suctioned away from th...	09/19/2006
7070494	Poultry picking finger and mounting structure Picking fingers suitable for use in automatic defeathering machines. The picking fingers are suitable for mounting to circular openings in a mounting plate. The picking finger includes an elastomeric picking finger body and a retainer for securing the picking finger...	07/04/2006
7000325	Low friction rotary knife A power operated knife comprises a blade supporting structure supporting an annular blade for rotation about a central axis. The blade and blade supporting structure are engagable along bearing contact locations that are spaced apart in a direction parallel to the a...	02/21/2006
6857191	Rotary knife having vacuum attachment A rotary knife having a ring blade that defines a closed loop cutting surface for cutting material which the ring blade contacts during rotation. Materials cut using the blade such as meat cut from a carcass or trimmed from a piece of meat are suctioned away from th...	02/22/2005
6769184	Low friction rotary knife A power operated knife including a blade supporting structure supporting an annular blade for rotation about a central axis. The blade and blade supporting structure are engagable along bearing contact locations that are spaced apart in a direction parallel to the a...	08/03/2004
6694649	Motor driven knife including depth limiting device A rotary knife comprising, an annular blade having a central axis, a blade supporting head assembly supporting the blade for rotation about the axis, a manually grippable handle assembly connected to the head assembly, and a flex shaft drive transmission ...	02/24/2004
6662452	Power operated rotary knife A rotary knife having an annular blade, a split blade housing for supporting the blade for rotation, a handle assembly including a head member for supporting the split blade housing, and a clamping assembly including a clamp body for clamping the split bl...	12/16/2003
6655033	Pneumatic hand tool with improved control valve A pneumatic hand tool comprises a tool body communicable with an operating air source, a pneumatic motor supported by the tool body, and a control valve for controlling air flow to the motor. When the control valve is in an open condition the motor is ope...	12/02/2003
6604288	Rotary knife A rotary knife having a handle having a head section, a blade housing that comprises a split, ring-like member supported by the head section and defining a circumferentially extending groove, an annular blade supported in the blade housing groove for rota...	08/12/2003
6367156	Blades for hand held power operated shears A hand-held power-operated blade-actuating or other work member actuating device, especially useful as shears for processing comestible products such as fowl. A servo mechanism and linkage connected with a movable blade and a finger control causes control...	04/09/2002
6354949	Maintenance free flexible shaft drive transmission assembly A flexible drive transmission comprising a flexible drive shaft assembly having a first end connectable to a drive motor and a second end connectable to a driven implement, a tubular casing surrounding and coaxial with the drive shaft assembly, a lubrican...	03/12/2002
6269739	Food product breading machine A food product breading machine comprising a breading material reservoir, a breading station, a food product loading location, a discharge location from which breaded food products are discharged from the machine, and a perforate conveyor belt extending t...	08/07/2001
6244170	Food product breading device A food product breading machine having a battering unit supported by a breading unit. A battering unit conveyor system delivers food products to the breading unit. The breading unit has a breading reservoir, a breading station and a breading unit conveyor...	06/12/2001
6183792	Method of breading food products A food product breading machine comprising a breading material reservoir, a breading station, a food product loading location, a discharge location from which breaded food products are discharged from the machine, and a perforate conveyor belt extending t...	02/06/2001
5950313	Blades for hand held power operated shears A hand-held power-operated blade-actuating or other work member actuating device, especially useful as shears for processing comestible products such as fowl. A servo mechanism and linkage connected with a movable blade and a finger control causes control...	09/14/1999
5940972	Rotary knife blade A rotary knife having a blade with an annular body rotatable about a central axis and an annular blade section projecting away from the body. The blade section comprises a first radially inner surface, a second radially outer surface and, a cutting edge d...	08/24/1999
5924356	Food product breading machine A food product breading machine is disclosed that comprises a breading unit and a battering unit. The breading unit includes a breading material reservoir, a conveyor for moving food products and breading material along a travel path to a breading applica...	07/20/1999
5918371	Blades for hand held power operated shears A hand-held power-operated blade-actuating or other work member actuating device, especially useful as shears for processing comestible products such as fowl. A servo mechanism and linkage connected with a movable blade and a finger control causes control...	07/06/1999
5761817	Rotary hand knife A hand knife is disclosed comprising a handle assembly, a ring-like blade housing carried by and projecting from the handle assembly, a ring blade carried by the housing, a blade drive transmission, and a blade retention assembly. The housing defines an a...	06/09/1998
5667427	Method and apparatus for sharpening curved blades A sharpener for blades comprises a movable blade-sharpening surface, a stationary blade guide supported closely adjacent the surface, and a movable support for a blade. The support comprises pivotally interconnected first and second links and a blade hold...	09/16/1997
5664332	Hand knife with cover A hand held slicing knife comprises a handle assembly, a ring-like blade housing carried by the handle assembly and having a central axis and first and second opposite axial sides, a ring blade supported by the housing about the axis and projecting from t...	09/09/1997
5522142	Rotary knife and slicing gauge A rotary knife for slicing thin strips from comestible product comprising a handpiece, a blade housing removably secured to the handpiece and an annular blade supported for rotation by the blade housing. A rotary driver is carried by the handpiece and eng...	06/04/1996
5476119	Hand held power operated shears A servo valve comprises a valve body, an elongated chamber defined by the body and two oppositely facing annular pistons independently movable longitudinally within the body. Each piston has an inner annular first valve seat and an outer annular first obt...	12/19/1995
5400511	Thumbpiece for modular power-driven knife An improved thumbpiece for a power-driven knife is disclosed. The one piece thumbpiece includes an annular base portion and a thumb support portion disposed vertically above the base portion. The base portion is adapted to be mounted on an annular boss ex...	03/28/1995
5375330	Hand held power operated shears Hand held fluid operated shears comprises first and second blades. The blades are pivotally connected for movement of one relative to the other about an axis. The shears include a thumb-receiving handle and a finger-receiving handle. One of the handles is...	12/27/1994
5230154	Modular power-driven rotary knife, improved handle and method A modular power-driven knife having an annular rotary blade, the structure of which knife can be varied through choice of standardized, i.e., compatible, components to accommodate different operators and different tasks. The components include plural elon...	07/27/1993
5146628	Slip-resistant protective glove and method for manufacturing slip-resistant glove A glove having patterned polyurethane coating adhered to outer surface. The coating is about 1/32 inch high and about 1/16 inch wide to give the glove slip-resistant and gripping properties. The coating is formed from (a) a pre-mixed thixotropic component...	09/15/1992

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Assignee: Bettcher Industries, Inc.