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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047902 | Device for massaging products A device for treating products, in particular massaging meat products, comprises at least one treatment section with a space for receiving the products. The space comprises a treatment device for treating the products. A discharge device is provided for discharging ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8029841 | Moulding The invention provides methods for molding three-dimensional products from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat. The method comprises feeding the mass of foodstuff into a mold cavity, molding the mass ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7891209 | Device for preserving meat of slaughtered poultry or parts thereof In a method of chilling slaughtered poultry or parts thereof, the poultry is conveyed through a chilling room, or at least through a part of said chilling room, and in the process is exposed to a stream of chilling air. During the chilling of the poultry the skin of... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7824251 | Method and device for processing a carcass part of a slaughtered poultry The invention relates to a method and a device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, which carcass part comprises at least part of a rib cage, meat which is naturally present on said rib cage, a neck opening, and a wing joint, the carcas... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7614941 | Method and device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry The invention relates to a method and a device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, which carcass part comprises at least part of a rib cage, meat which is naturally present on said rib cage, a neck opening, and a wing joint, the carcas... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7597615 | Method and device for processing a slaughter animal In a method and device for opening a blood vessel in the neck of a pre-positioned slaughter animal, a blood vessel is opened as a result of at least one cutting device being moved into the neck from one side of the neck towards the opposite side of the neck, the blo... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7597549 | Moulding The invention provides methods and moulding devices for moulding three-dimensional productions from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat, in particular chicken. The method comprises filling a mould cavity wit... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7344437 | Method and device for processing a carcass part of a slaughtered poultry The invention relates to a method and a device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, which carcass part comprises at least part of a rib cage, meat which is naturally present on said rib cage, a neck opening, and a wing joint, the carcass part having... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7284973 | Moulding The invention provides methods and moulding devices for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat, in particular chicken. The method comprises filling a mould cavity with a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7059954 | Method and device for processing a poultry leg In a method and device for processing a poultry leg which is hanging from a carrier and comprises at least a drumstick, the operations are carried out: cutting into the drumstick substantially around the drumstick in the vicinity of the tarsal joint by means of at l... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6912434 | Method and device for processing slaughter products A processing of a first slaughter product to form a second slaughter product comprises: providing one or more processing stations, a parameter of a processing to be carried out in the processing stations being adjustable; collecting and storing data indicating the a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6899613 | Method and device for processing a slaughter animal In a method and device for opening a blood vessel in the neck of a pre-positioned slaughter animal, a blood vessel is opened as a result of at least one cutting device being moved into the neck from one side of the neck towards the opposite side of the neck, the blo... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6837782 | Device for processing a slaughter product A device for processing a slaughter product comprises a conveyor which can move along a path and to which a first body, which can rotate about a first axis, is connected. A second body, which can rotate about a second axis, is connected to the first body. A first ac... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6811802 | Moulding The invention provides methods and moulding devices for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat, in particular chicken. The method comprises filling a mould cavity with a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811478 | Eviscerating member, device and method for processing a cluster of viscera of a slaughtered animal An eviscerating member for processing a cluster of viscera of a slaughtered animal comprises two jaw parts to be moved at least partially into and out of the body cavity of the slaughtered animal. The jaw parts can move with respect to one another between an open po... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6736717 | Method for obtaining an inner fillet from a poultry carcass part and device for processing a poultry carcass part Method for obtaining an inner fillet and device for mechanically detaching the undesired tendon part from an inner fillet. The poultry carcass is mounted on a fixing member and positioned so that the tendons are exposed. A processing device, comprising rotating cutt... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6726556 | Method and device for separating abdominal fat from abdominal skin of poultry In a method for separating abdominal fat from abdominal skin of a slaughtered bird, a supporting surface is positioned against at least a part of that side of the abdominal skin which is remote from the abdominal fat. At least a section of the abdominal fat is scrap... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6473287 | Apparatus and method for stunning animals for slaughter The invention relates to an apparatus for stunning animals, such as pigs, for slaughter and may include a conveyor for conveying stunned animals for slaughter, at least one stunning device coupled to the conveyor, and a measuring and control device for de... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6299524 | Apparatus and method for detecting bone fracture in slaughtered animals, in particular fowl Apparatus and method for detecting the presence of a bone fracture in a specific bone of a slaughtered animal or a part thereof, particularly fowl, especially for detecting a bone fracture in the leg bone of fowl, the apparatus comprising: retention means... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6095914 | Device and method for processing a slaughtered animal In a device and method for processing a slaughtered animal or a part thereof, the slaughtered animal or the part thereof is conveyed on a holding support of a carrier connected to an overhead conveyor. The holding support is provided with devices for fixi... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6059646 | Apparatus for portioning food The invention relates to an apparatus for portioning a food mass, comprising: a path to be traversed by the food mass which is connected on one side to a feed device for feeding the food mass for portioning; a cutting device incorporated in the path for s... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6029795 | Device for receiving and releasing slaughtered animals or parts thereof A conveyance device for receiving slaughtered animals or parts thereof at a first point and releasing slaughtered animals or parts thereof at a second point has a rotatable conveyance disc which is provided with slits along its circumference. Provision is... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6007416 | Method and apparatus for filleting the body of slaughtered poultry In a method and an apparatus for automatic removal of at least an inner fillet from slaughtered poultry or a part thereof before the connection between the inner fillets and the carcass is broken, a separation is made in the opening bounded by the clavicl... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5980377 | Method and device for processing a slaughtered animal or part thereof in a slaughterhouse In a method and device for processing a slaughtered animal or part thereof, which, in a conveyer, is passed along a slaughter line, the following steps are carried out: an identification is assigned to the slaughtered animal or part thereof; one or more o... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5975029 | Method and device for collecting poultry and transporting the poultry to a slaughterhouse A method and device for collecting poultry and transporting the poultry to a slaughterhouse, in which the birds are at least partially made unconscious prior to their arrival at the slaughterhouse. Prior to or during their collection, the birds can be con... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5961383 | Method and device for boning a leg A method and a device for boning a leg or a part thereof of a slaughtered animal. Prior to the removal of the meat from the leg or the part thereof, an incision is made through a tendon at the position of the condyle of the tibia in the ankle joint. Durin... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5755617 | Method and device for separating at least one piece of visceral tissue from at least one organ connected thereto In a method and device for separating at least one piece of visceral tissue from at least one organ connected thereto, in which the at least one piece of visceral tissue to be separated is smaller than said at least one organ, the cluster of visceral tiss... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5643072 | Method and device for stunning of poultry Method and device for stunning poultry (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d), which poultry are taken into a first chamber (23) by means of a conveyer (2, 6), which chamber contains a first straining gas or gas mixture which is mixed with oxygen, and are subsequently taken in... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5595066 | Method and device for preserving the meat of a slaughtered bird Method and device for preserving the meat of a slaughtered bird or a part thereof, in which the bird or the part thereof is firstly cooled in a short time until the core temperature of the meat is lower than the temperature at which heat-shortening occurs... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5131321 | Vessel for treating a finely-divided material with a fluid A vessel for treating a finely-divided material, such as granules, powder, flakes and the like with a fluid, comprising an essentially closed wall having product feed and discharge means for feeding finely-divided material to and discharging it from the v... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5037351 | Process for weighing poultry, and conveyor hook for carrying out this process A method of weighing poultry includes: conveying a plurality of birds which are closely adjacent to each other toward a weighing station; disentangling the wings of the birds from each other and separating the birds from each other by turning the birds; a... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4972549 | Process for weighing poultry, and conveyor hook for carrying out this process Process for weighing poultry which is conveyed suspended by the legs from suspension hooks directed in the direction of conveyance through a conveyor suspension track past a weighing station, prior to reaching the weighing position each of the hooks is tu... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4958694 | Weighing device Weighing device for articles such as small slaughtered animals which are carried along a transport track and of which this movement is temporarily interrupted during determination of the weight, comprising a moveable member which is loaded by the weight, ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4928351 | Method and device for operating an installation for dividing up slaughtered poultry and for temporarily interrupting the transport of poultry carcasses or parts Method for operating an installation for dividing up slaughtered poultry in a number of processing stations along a transport track in which the displacement of the delivered birds or parts thereof is temporarily interrupted at the location of an observat... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4894885 | Killing device for poultry The invention relates to a killing device for poultry with a cutting slot moving with and aligned transversely to the transporting direction of the sideways conveyed animals (12), a head aligning means (62) located below the catching slot and a holding me... | 01/23/1990 |
