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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7090574 | Method and device for filleting killed and headless fish, the abdominal cavity of which is opened up Certain farmed and/or breeding fish such as tilapia are filleted after the fish have been beheaded, slaughtered and had their ventral cavity opened. Cuts are made in the dorsal region and on the ventral side in the caudal region for exposing the dorsal spokes and ve... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6935942 | Filleting device Poultry carcasses are conveyed on saddles with their breastbone plate facing downwards to a scraping device having left and right scraping elements arranged adjacent to each other to simulate the contour of the approaching poultry carcass. The scraping elements are ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6843714 | Device and method respectively for processing flesh A device for processing flesh includes at least one transport belt, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating device and at least one control device, wherein the separating device communicates via the control device with the elem... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6579164 | Method for removing skin from the body and/or parts of the body of animals, and device therefor The invention concerns a method for removing skin from the bodies of animals, preferably of fowls, and a device for implementing said method. Known devices comprise skin-removing rollers, designed to enable height adjustment via a control cam. Said device... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6322437 | Method for stripping the muscle meat from fish and device for carrying out this method A method for obtaining muscle flesh from beheaded fish by severing muscle flesh from dorsal and/or ventral spokes together with fins and fin holders as well as from ribs or lateral vertebral appendages and a vertebral column. The method uses an apparatus ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6319110 | Method and device for carving poultry carcasses and/or carcass parts A method for dividing a body of slaughtered poultry is described, wherein the body hangs down by its legs from a transport means, is transported with the breast leading in the direction of transport and is cut through during transport thereof by means of ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6001011 | Fish harvester A fish harvester for the automatic and humane slaughter of fish comprises a fish accommodating space having an entrance for insertion of a fish and an exit for removal of a fish. The harvester includes means for positioning and retaining a fish, a slaught... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5924918 | Device for processing poultry bodies Poultry bodies are processed by cutting them up into consumable products. A conveyor (1) having an endless flat link chain (4) has shackles for receiving and advancing the poultry bodies in a suspended position along a conveying path in which are arranged... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5894791 | Machine for separating a material mixture A material mixture is separated into components of different flowability using a perforated drum mounted in a housing and supported by a detachable mounted portion. The drum is partially wrapped by a presser belt with is pressed against the drum by an adj... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5871395 | Method for removing the bones from fish and an apparatus for carrying out the method The invention concerns a method for deboning fish of the mackerel family such as the Thunnus genus, the scomboid type and the like, and an apparatus for performing this method. Fish of this family have belly spokes extending along the full length of the b... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5857902 | Apparatus for separating individual sausages from a string of sausages The invention concerns an apparatus for separating sausages from a string of sausages linked by connecting portions and comprises a conveyor system including at least two conveyors connected in series and comprising upper and lower belts, between which th... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5823866 | Pressing belt for separators The invention concerns a pressing belt for separators which include a hollow drum having a perforated outer surface around which an endless flexible pressing belt is partially wrapped under pressure to form a pull-in or input zone with the drum. Separator... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5735735 | Method for the automatic gutting of fish and an apparatus for implementing the method In a method for automatically gutting fish of the catfish species, the belly cavity is opened around the anal orifice either before or after opening the gills by severing the gullet and opening the blood stream, and the contents of the belly cavity are re... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5702295 | Device for positioning fish An apparatus for automatically positioning fish with respect to their plane of symmetry and for the periodic transfer of the fish to a fish processing machine is proposed. The apparatus comprises a supply conveyor in the form of a trough conveyor and a fe... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5674117 | Compression belt separation apparatus An apparatus for separating mixed material of different flowability comprises a hollow drum driven to rotate and having a perforated outer drum surface, about a portion of which is wrapped an endless compression belt adapted to apply pressure onto the hol... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5468180 | Apparatus for removing the skin from the bodies of slaughtered poultry An apparatus for removing skin from the bodies of body parts of slaughtered poultry is described. The apparatus comprises a skin entraining means (2) having a non-skid or "gripping" outer surface (13) and a pressing means (4) with a knife (3), which is ar... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5385244 | Separating machine The invention relates to a separating apparatus for separating a mixture of materials of different flowability for preparing foodstuffs. The apparatus includes a hollow drum having a perforated circumferential surface around a portion of which is wrapped ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5299974 | Method and apparatus for producing a whole fish product In a mechanical process for producing a fish product which may be described as a double fillet including head and tail, the intestines and the bone structure are removed completely and the gills at least partially. The processing is performed from the tai... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5273485 | Apparatus for mechanically processing poultry bodies In an apparatus for the mechanical skinning and filleting of poultry bodies these are saddled on carriers and guided to pass corresponding processing tools. To achieve the objects of skinning in an optimal manner, on the one hand, and obtaining a high yie... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5149297 | Apparatus for severing the muscle flesh of fish It is suggested to modify a fish filleting machine in order to enable the gaining of fish sides which are different from fish fillets in that the ribs remain in the muscle flesh. In order to obtain such product at extremely favourable yield a conventional... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5100067 | Feeding device for a separating apparatus A feeding device comprising a pair of oppositely driven rotational bodies is provided as an auxiliary aggregate arranged upstream of a continuously working presser belt separating machine for separating flowable and non-flowable constituents mixed with ea... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5069608 | Vane pump for delivering pasty substances A vane pump delivers pasty materials, particularly sausage stuffing, for the purpose of filling doses of the stuffing into sausage cases. The flow of material into the pump chamber generally takes place by a stuffing device in the hopper and by the action... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5026318 | Method and apparatus for gutting non-decapitated fish In a method and an apparatus for gutting non-decapitated fish, in particular breeding fish such as trout, it is characteristic for the processing that the fish are conveyed with their tails leading in longitudinally aligned conveyor troughs, and the treat... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4979268 | Method and apparatus for the mechanical cleaning of freshly caught roundfish A method and apparatus for mechanically cleaning freshly caught fish. In an initial step for preparing a throat cut in a roundfish, the head thereof is bent backwards to an angle of about 30° relatively to the axis of the trunk to stretch the neck and is... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4958409 | Method and apparatus for turning over and stretching fish fillets In an apparatus for the automatic turning over of fish fillets and the conveying-on of the same in a stretched position, three staggered, superimposed belt conveyors oriented and driven in the same direction and being provided as a feeding conveyor, a col... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4835817 | Apparatus for skinning double fillets of fish having a highly sensitive skin In an apparatus for skinning double fillets of fish having highly sensitive skin, e.g. by a cooking treatment, such as herb-seasoned fillets, and comprising an entraining roller provided with narrow grooves along its surface lines, a skinning knife direct... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4811461 | Apparatus for mechanically processing fish of the trachurus species The invention relates to a method for processing fish of the Trachurus species and an apparatus for performing the method. In order to obtain top quality products of this fish type and which a high yield, there is provided a tool for removing the bony structur... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4765031 | Method for severing the heads from fish A method for severing the heads from fish makes a better yield of fish flesh supplied for human consumption possible. In this method the supracleithra forming the connection between the head skeleton and the shoulder girdle arcs are split off after the gi... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4748721 | Method for gaining skin-free belly flaps of fish and apparatus for performing such method The invention relates to a method for gaining skin-freebelly flaps of fish and an apparatus for performing such method. In a fish filleting machine which processes the fish being conveyed tail first and comprises a belly and back filleting tool, a rib sev... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4726094 | Apparatus for the automatic cutting up or dividing up of fish fillets The invention aims at improving an apparatus for dividing fillets into portions, such as, for example, tails, loins and possibly center pieces by effecting the necessary dividing cuts while simultaneously and automatically safe-guarding an adaptation to t... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4724582 | Apparatus for the portionwise delivery of pasty materials, particularly sausage stiffing The invention relates to an apparatus for delivering pasty substances in portions of predetermined weight and/or volume. The problem is to provide an ergonomically optimized apparatus of the continuously functioning type, which is solved essentially in th... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4688297 | Process for gaining the meat from poultry and apparatus for performing this process In a process for removing the meat from the bodies of slaughtered poultry and an apparatus for performing the process, the starting product to be processed appropriately is a poultry body from which the wingbones (humerus) have been removed at the body jo... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4635318 | Apparatus for decapitating fish The invention concerns a decapitating apparatus for fish in which the fish to be processed is conveyed by entrainers essentially transverse to its axis and by fixing its longitudinal position by a holding element engaging the eye-hole and accompanying the... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4596063 | Device for delivering portions of a doughy substance The invention concerns a device for delivering portions of uniform weight and/or volume, e.g. of sausage stuffing. Starting from known conveyors of the vane pump, worm and axial piston type used for this purpose a radial piston conveyor modified according... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4570784 | Device for raising fish into uniform, upright belly-back position The invention relates to a device for raising fish into uniform belly-back position. To improve the effect of an uprighting station comprising a guiding chute for the fish lying on their side and a controlling edge arranged above the longitudinal center o... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4463478 | Device for shifting fish into position for decapitating A device for positioning of fish into their correct position for decapitating is disclosed. This device is applicable in fish-processing machines in which the fish lying transverse to their longitudinal extension in receiving troughs of a chain of troughs... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4389750 | Device for the beheading of fish An apparatus is disclosed for mechanically decapitating fish, in which fish lying on one of their sides are conveyed transversely and decapitated by a wedge-shaped cut by means of a decapitating tool. In order to perform an exact symmetrical and economica... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4365387 | Method and apparatus for filleting fish There is disclosed a mechanical fish filleting process, whose use with decapitated fish, particularly, those of approximately circular cross section, enables a substantial reduction in the manual trimming which is caused by falsely positioned cuts. A sequ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4340995 | Apparatus for skinning fish An apparatus is disclosed for skinning fish having a skinning roller with which a fixed knife cooperates whose lower surface directed towards the skinning roller is constructed as a presser surface which together with the skinning roller defines a narrow ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4222152 | Apparatus for the skinning of fish fillets An apparatus for skinning fish fillets comprises a rotatable skinning roller, conveyor means for advancing the fillets to the skinning roller, and a skinning knife provided with a cutting edge at a fixed distance from and a presser face equi-spaced from t... | 09/16/1980 |
