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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5167977 | Process for producing low fat meat products A fractionation process for commercially producing low fat, low cholesterol, reduced calorie, natural and raw uncooked meat, fowl and seafood products. The process involves size reduction of the meat in the presence of water with ionic strength pH manipul... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5149550 | Methods for making pet chews The present invention provides methods for making pet chews. According to the invention, ligaments from cattle and other hoofstocks are rendered substantially free of fat and then dried until the de-fatted ligaments are hardened and suitable for use as pe... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5147672 | Removal of lipid components from foodstuffs A process for the removal of sterols and/or lipid components (e.g., cholesterol and fats) from lipid containing food (e.g., meat) using sub or supercritical fluids (e.g., CO2) involves initial processing of the food to produce an intermediate m... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5141763 | Process for producing protein product from bone-containing animal material Bone-containing animal material, such as slaughterhouse waste which has been scoured and dewatered by pressing, is separated into a bone-containing phase and a meat protein-containing phase by stirring the material with water after comminution to form a s... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5091203 | Method for removing cholesterol from eggs Edible oil containing monoglyceride is emulsified with a mixture of cholesterol-containing egg in aqueous solution. Then, the mixture is heated and typically is stirred gently to ensure intimate admixture of the oil phase in the aqueous phase. The monogly... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5057333 | Method for making pet food flavor enhancer A pet food flavor enhancer (46) is made from pieces of cleaned cattle hooves (10) by reducing the hoof pieces to a granular size (40) by tumbling the pieces of hooves within a rotary drum (62) having inwardly opening louvered openings (74) formed in the c... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5041055 | Apparatus and method for removing soft tissue from bones An apparatus is provided for removing meat and other soft tissue from bones by pumping a separating material over the surfaces of the bones under a desired separating pressure. The pressure exerted on the surfaces of the bones by the separating material c... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5026565 | Removal of lipid components from foodstuffs and products thereof A process for the removal of sterols and/or lipid components (e.g., cholesterol and fats) from lipid containing food (e.g., meat) using sub or super-critical fluids (e.g., CO2) involves initial processing of the food to produce an intermediate ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4976973 | Process for producing protein-rich fish meal and fish oil A process for producing a protein-rich fish meal and a fish oil which comprises treating fish bodies with a protease acting at a relatively low temperature to give a slurry and dividing and drying said slurry at a relatively low temperature. The products ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4880642 | Method of making chewing bones for pets Chews for pets are made from sinews or tendons of cattle and other livestock by the method of cooking the tendons and sinews, followed by the removal of meat and fat, and then baking at a temperature of at least 200° C. until they are completely or subst... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4778682 | Method of preparing a low-fat, low-cholesterol raw meat product Method for lowering fat and cholesterol levels in meat comprising the steps of (a) exposing a thin layer of meat to ultraviolet light, (b) comminuting the meat in a chilled bowl with the addition of a quantity of iced water, edible acid, salt and food pho... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4766646 | Poultry processing This invention relates to a method of eliminating infection of poultry by undesirable microorganisms such as salmonella during processing. The method consists of dipping the poultry carcass prior to plucking into scald water containing an effective amount... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4759943 | Classification of food meals made from animal by-products A method of concurrently producing a first feed meal having a higher than average mineral content and a second feed meal having a higher than average protein content. The method comprises separating a mixture of finely ground particles of animal feed meal... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4738864 | Process of preparing pet food with improved characteristics Pet food can be prepared from animal flesh by a process which includes separation of the flesh portions of the animal from it's bones during a deboning step. This yields a fibrous paste to which is added a quantity of hydrolyzed milk protein. The hydrolyz... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4707369 | Process for treating wet fat biological tissue using a water miscible solvent The process of simultaneously defatting and dehydrating raw fat animal tissue and other tissues in comminuted form by introducing the tissue particles into a boiling alcohol solvent, the fat of the tissue and water of the tissue being extracted into the b... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4613568 | Method for release and separation of parasites or parasite eggs from meat A method and device is disclosed for the release and separation of substances such as parasites or parasite eggs from meat. In the method, meat is agitated with pepsin and filtered through a series of at least two filters, the last of which retains the pa... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4593614 | Apparatus for the production of fodder and fat from animal raw materials The apparatus for the production of fodder and fat from animal raw materials such as slaughter house waste includes a heating apparatus for heating the raw material, a pressing apparatus for separating the heated material into a solid material phase and a... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4567050 | Method for processing meat products A method and apparatus are disclosed for processing meat products containing at least a small portion of liquefiable fats or oils wherein the meat products are extruded into multiple passages or tubes of a shell-and-tube type heat exchanger for heating or... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4565709 | Process for the production of fodder and fat from animal raw materials Process for the production of fodder and fat from animal raw materials, such as slaughterhouse waste. The raw material is subjected to heating to a temperature of from about 60° to about 135° and is separated thereafter into a solid material phase and a... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4552768 | Bacon bit finishing method A method for finishing cooked bacon bits through vibration of the finished product. Larger and smaller pieces of bacon are cooled to a temperature below 20° F. and vibrated for a period of time sufficient to dislodge fines adhering to the surface of the ... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4532144 | Process for manufacture of meat meal and fat from an animal raw material In a process for continuous production of meat meal and fat from an animal raw material by indirect boiling (1) of the raw material and separation (1) of the boiled material partly into solid material, which is dried (2), and partly in stick water, which ... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4517207 | Method for processing an avian carcass A method for processing an advancing avian carcass wherein muscle parts are removed from an advancing warm carcass prior to rigor mortis, the advancing carcass is eviscerated and the removed parts are preserved within two hours of removal.... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4389423 | Process for the production of powdered protein materials from animal raw material Two powdered protein products are produced from animal raw material of varying composition, in particular offal from bacon factories and cattle slaughterhouses. The offal is heat treated and separated mechanically into a fluid phase and a solid phase, whi... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4361590 | Process for separating and recovering fat and proteinaceous material from raw organic material A continuous process for preparing stabilized fat, stabilized protein meal and low fat stabilized bone for producing high quality gelatin and glue from raw organic material containing fat, soft proteinaceous tissue and high density proteinaceous material ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4350624 | Method for recovering meat proteins remaining attached to the bones after the boning operation The installation comprises substantially: a chopper for breaking up raw bones with meat still attached to them, an extraction tank containing an alcaline solution with a pH of the order of 10 to 12 for retaining the proteins, a precipitation tank for the ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4318205 | Process for peeling off inner protective tissue of animal oesophagus The present invention relates to a process for peeling off the protective tissue of musculomembranous organs. This process successively consists in: making the said organs to change into a solid state by freezing: and abrading the protective tissue of those frozen ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4308290 | Method for peeling shell from boiled eggs Peeling of the shells of boiled eggs is realized continuously, promptly and simply by introducing the boiled eggs into a cylinder through which water is flowing, the cylinder performing circular movememt about a substantially horizontal axis with the magn... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4303683 | Method for skinning animal tongue Trimmed animal tongues are soaked in unheated edible acid, precooked in hot edible acid and then skinned.... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4234619 | Decholesterolized and defatted egg powder and method for producing same Decholesterolized and defatted egg powder is obtained by removing at least 95% of the cholesterol and neutral fat and retaining 30% or more of the phospholipids, based on the content thereof in the whole egg or yolk. Said powder is obtained by removing mo... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4232425 | Method of producing stabilized bone A continuous process of preparing low fat stabilized bone particularly suited for producing high quality gelatin from trimmed raw bone which is preferably crushed in a pre-hogger and fed continuously to preferably a screw type press mounted within a cage ... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4230732 | Methods of chilling poultry Dressed poultry without giblets in the breast cavity are chilled in an ice water bath or the like to 32°-35° F. The giblets are frozen and are then inserted into the carcass thereby providing refrigeration and enabling shelf life of the carcass to be ma... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4216239 | Process for recovering meal and fat from animal raw materials Immediately after the animal raw material is boiled, the main part of its fat content is removed by centrifugal separation. The residue, consisting essentially of sludge and stick-water, is then subjected to a mixing operation, and sludge is removed from ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4208440 | Electrically separating a food paste A beverage base and other products are made from cocoa powder, soy flour, dried whey, corn flour, pea powder, or pea flour by blending the powder or flour with a quantity of water to make a paste that is retained between a pair of metal screens (preferabl... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4198440 | Food and method for its preparation Unprepared pieces of meat, such as sheep heads, pig feet, and the like, or fishes and crustaceas, are treated by trituration with crushing under pressure so as to yield a soft product adapted to be a foodstuff, in which the elements of components stay sev... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4186216 | Method for deboning meat A method and apparatus for separating meat from bones particularly after most of the meat has been otherwise removed. Separation of meat from the bones occurs in a cyclical process wherein at least a portion of the separated meat is frozen and formed into... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4137335 | Recovery of fat and meat meal from animal raw material Animal raw material is boiled at least mainly by indirect heating and then divided into stick water and solids, the solids being separately dried to form a first meat meal fraction. The stick water, preferably after separating a sludge component and a fat... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4082856 | Process and apparatus for shelling eggs Hard cooked eggs are fed through a hopper to a conveyor section which has an oscillating and vibratory feed at a frequency and energy level which progressively fractures and shatters the shell of the eggs passing therethrough. The eggs are passed through ... | 04/04/1978 |
| 3955002 | Rotisserie poultry A method of trussing a poultry carcass including folding the neck skin over the back of the carcass, placing the central part of a cord over the neck skin and passing the end portions of the cord over the wings, about the body, under the keel and back on ... | 05/04/1976 |
