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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7476148 | Apparatus for trussing a bird An apparatus for trussing a bird comprising a main body having a platform for supporting the bird, the platform and main body having a bird keel end and a bird wishbone end, clamping means movably mounted on the main body for securing the bird on the platform and re... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7351134 | Meat dressing/boning method and system therefor A meat dressing and boning method and a system thereof can dress and bone meat and carcass in short work-hours, while avoiding bacterial contamination. The system includes a clamp mechanism for holding a meat block with bones, a hanger connected to clamp mechanism a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7261629 | Poultry wing separator and partial deboner Poultry wings are suspended by their tip segments and oriented so that their outside surfaces face one side of the processing path, with right wings oriented with their elbows leading, and left wings oriented with their elbows trailing. The lower, primary segments a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7198565 | Automatic boning system of upper half of slaughtered edible fowl An automatic boning system of the upper half of a slaughtered fowl is provided, in which the number of processing steps is decreased, integrated control using cams is adopted instead of individual control of prior art using hydraulic actuators, and an improvement in... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198564 | Deboning system of meat A deboning system of meat for a small or intermediate processing factory in which the space is saved while reduction the cost by limiting the processing range of a work thereby limiting the processing functions to those of high necessity. The deboning system of meat... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7104879 | Automatic boning system of upper half of slaughtered edible fowl An automatic boning system of the upper half of a slaughtered fowl is provided, in which the number of processing steps is decreased, integrated control using cams is adopted instead of individual control of prior art using hydraulic actuators, and an improvement in... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6881138 | Method and facility for cutting off hind feet of half carcasses With the intention of performing an optimal cutting of the hind feet (8) of the half carcasses (4), which are advanced stepwise on an overhead conveyor (6) suspended in the hind feet (8), there is indicated a method and a plant for perfor... | 04/19/2005 |
| 5947811 | Apparatus for cutting up carcasses of poultry The poultry cut-up apparatus receives vertically halved poultry carcasses in an inverted attitude transported along an overhead conveyor. Vertically spaced, horizontally oriented pairs of circular cutting blades (21, 22) cut the carcasses into segments as... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5890956 | Apparatus for processing poultry legs An apparatus for severing poultry legs at the knee joint is described. The poultry legs consisting of an thigh and drumstick are suspended from the distal end of the drumstick by a conveyor and are received in recesses in a synchronously revolving support... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5429549 | Sequential wing remover A method and apparatus for removing the wings of birds as the birds are conveyed along a poultry processing line suspended by their legs. As the birds are carried through the wing remover (10), the wings on one side of the birds are engaged by a first win... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5372541 | Live fish marking and handling system An automated fish marking system includes a conveyor system moving a set of fish trays through a marking or cutting station. In the illustrated embodiment, the trays are filled manually by several workers and subsequent marking steps are automated. Thus, ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5180329 | Automatic foot and hoof shear A device for automatically shearing hooves from a carcass continuously moving along an overhead rail including a frame horizontally slidable on a base and a shearing assembly vertically slidable on the frame. Drivers are provided to move the shearing asse... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5147241 | Multipiece poultry wing receiving wheel and method A poultry wing receiving wheel is formed in three separable wheel segments, each of which have peripheral teeth which are aligned when such three segments are assembled so as to collectively form a plurality of circumferentially spaced poultry wing receiv... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5083974 | Turkey breast deboner An apparatus for producing boneless turkey breasts comprises a conveyor for supporting an upper half of a turkey along a first path, and a separate conveyor for securing the wings of the turkey and pulling them away from the first path as the upper half i... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5080631 | Method and apparatus of cutting the second joint of a poultry wing and product therefrom A conveyor with juxtaposed blocks moves along a path of travel, certain of the blocks have recesses which receive second joints of the wings of poultry. The second joints are arranged sidewise to the path of travel of the conveyor, in the recesses and are... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4761856 | Apparatus for processing fish A fish eviscerating apparatus employs at least one rotating brush for removing viscera from a beheaded, belly-slit fish. Bristles of the at least one brush have a length and stiffness which, when combined with a predetermined brush holddown force, are eff... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4756058 | Electronic control apparatus for controlling setting elements in a fish processing machine The main purpose is to provide an electronic controlling apparatus for controlling the setting members for processing tools and guides of a fish processing machine, which apparatus is easy to handle and designed to guarantee a disturbance-free operation. ... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4715092 | Apparatus and method for cutting slaughtered poultry into separate pieces Apparatus for cutting slaughtered poultry into individual pieces including a keel cutting station for severing a front breast section from the carcass. The station includes a first cutter for cutting a rear portion of the keel and a second, reciprocating ... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4558487 | Apparatus for processing similar workpieces of varying shape, points of contour and dimension Workpieces of varying dimension, points of common contour and shape are loaded on a transfer shuttle at loading station I and located on a projected line of light at a common point on the workpieces from which they vary; the shuttle moves the workpieces t... | 12/17/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4291435 | Method of processing fish A method of processing fish in a machine is disclosed, which method enables the control of the time of application and of the control paths of setting members for the tools and guides of the machine and a simple structure of the latter. This controlling i... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4170806 | Method of fixing a fish as to the position thereof in a fish processing machine and a machine for performing said method An apparatus and a method for separating fish heads from the remainder of the fish are provided. The apparatus includes a cutting blade, a conveyor movable in a predetermined path past the cutting blade and tapered pins extending through and each having a... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4050118 | Fish processing machines A device for the control of the tools of a fish processing machine adapted to process fish of various species. The device comprises a first sensing element for being displaced by a fish fed through the machine, a second sensing element downstream said fir... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4025988 | Method and apparatus for controlling the tools and guides of a fish dressing machine A method and apparatus for controlling the tools and machine is disclosed. A first selected location on the body of a fish conveyed in the direction of its longitudinal axis engages with a first feeler and effects an impulse counter to start to count puls... | 05/31/1977 |
