The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis Worlds Fair by Ernest Hamwi in 1904. His waffle booth was next to an ice cream vendor who ran short of dishes. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold ice cream and the cone was born.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4208765 | Two rail overhead conveyor device A two rail overhead conveyor device for meat processing is disclosed comprising an eviscerating platform conveyor, an entrance or feed rail, a lower rail for smaller carcasses and an upper rail for larger carcasses running parallel to each other above the... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4195387 | Horizontal fish kidney-removing machine There is disclosed a horizontal fish kidney-removing machine which is adapted to mechanically remove the kidney of salmon or trout, the machine comprising a pair of conveyor belts provided at a distance in a vertical direction, a kidney-removing member di... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4185359 | Poultry cleaning method An apparatus and method for removing contamination from the body cavity of poultry includes means providing a source of pressurized water to a rotary vertical pipe having central nozzle means mounted on its upper end and to fixed side nozzles positioned a... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4106161 | Poultry cleaning apparatus and method An apparatus and method for removing contamination from the body cavity of poultry includes means providing a source of pressurized water to a rotary vertical pipe having central nozzle means mounted on its upper end and to fixed side nozzles positioned a... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4087886 | Automatic evisceration process for animal carcasses The present invention relates to a process for eviscerating animal carcasses. A carcass, carried by a conveyor chain, is sensed by a positioning mechanism. A cutting tool is placed and actuated to open the body cavity, permitting access to the viscera. As... | 05/09/1978 |
| 3949447 | Separation of animal intestines Apparatus for separation of animal intestines. The apparatus performs automatically all stages of the separation of the gold beater strand of the small intestine from the stomach of a beast and also beats the separated strand so that the final product may... | 04/13/1976 |