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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7927195 | Fowl cleaning device A device for removing a breast from a fowl has a base supporting a platform with a slot open to one side of the platform. An upright channel member extended through the slot is secured to the base and platform. The channel member accommodates a bar having a lower en... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7335095 | Apparatus and method for separating wings from breast meat of poultry A wing separation apparatus and method for separating wings from a breast part of poultry having its breast bone removed can handle a wide variety of poultry sizes. The breast part is supported at its left and right arm pits on a pair of shafts with the left and rig... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7115030 | Apparatus for automatically removing a tail from poultry The invention relates to an apparatus for automatically removing a tail from poultry. An overhead conveyor moves the poultry or part of a bird suspended by the legs, and a guiding device is disposed underneath the overhead conveyor for supporting and guiding the pou... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7063611 | Filleting system for poultry A filleting system for poultry, such as chickens, includes a conveyor system incorporating carriers for the poultry. Processing stations are provided in or along the path of the conveyor system for successively processing parts of the poultry, wherein the processing... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7004830 | Method and device for processing poultry In a method and device for carrying out at least one processing operation on a slaughtered bird which is hung by its legs, the bird is conveyed on a hook of a conveyor towards and into the processing area of a processing device in order for the at least one processi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6929541 | Method for making a fowl wing cut and the resultant product The present invention is a method for cutting a fowl to create a meat cut which includes the radius bone and muscles (meat) adhering to the radius bone. The method involves separating the radius bone and muscles adhering to the radius bone from the carcass of the fo... | 08/16/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6688461 | Food cut-up system Apparatus for processing both whole and portioned food products along a processing line for part cut-up and deboning in a mass production system. The apparatus consists of numerous food carriers, evenly spaced over a subscribed distance, connected by mean... | 02/10/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6283847 | Poultry breast cartilage harvesting system Apparatus for harvesting the cartilage connected to the breastbone on the skeletal portion of a poultry carcass including positioning means for positioning the breastbone for movement along a prescribed processing path and separating means for mechanicall... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6277020 | Method and apparatus for removing meat from poultry carcasses There is disclosed a procedure for use in deboning poultry comprising locating the prepared poultry carcass with its wingbones (12) clamped on wingbone rests (13) defining edges which abut the wingbones at their wing joint (11a) ends whereby the wingbones... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6251004 | Automatic poultry cutting apparatus A device under the control of a programmable logic controller, cuts poultry carcasses into a predetermined amount of pieces that remain together and are deposited into a compartmentalized conveyor for continued separation until the cut up carcass or carca... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6220953 | 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... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6142863 | Method and apparatus for placing slaughtered poultry on a carrier and for removing the skin from the slaughtered poultry This invention relates to both a method and an apparatus for placing slaughtered poultry on a carrier and a method and an apparatus for subsequently removing the skin from the slaughtered poultry on the carrier.... | 11/07/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6062972 | Carriage for supporting a breast piece of poultry The invention relates to a carriage for supporting a poultry breast piece and includes a surface engaging the inner side of said breast piece and a device for holding the breast piece to the carriage. The carriage comprises at one side a projecting head, ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6042468 | Chicken breast deboning stabilization device A device is disclosed for stabilizing a poultry breast for deboning thereof. The device comprising a mandrel adapted to conform to the shape of the underside of a poultry breast. The device further comprises two prongs mounted on the mandrel which are ada... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6033298 | Apparatus for filleting the breast piece of a slaughtered bird The invention relates to an apparatus for filleting the breast piece of a slaughtered bird having a conveyor for the breast piece and filleting devices positioned alongside the conveyor. The filleting devices comprise scraping plates having an operative c... | 03/07/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5984770 | Method and apparatus for separating bone and meat of upper half of poultry carcass and auto-loading system used therewith A method and apparatus for separating bone and meat of the upper half of a poultry carcass with a variety of the sizes are provided, wherein first cutting is effected in the neighborhood of a shoulder joint to disconnect tissues under influence of a separ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5951393 | Poultry breast filleting mandrel A poultry breast filleting mandrel 10 for carrying an eviscerated poultry carcass along a processing path through a breast filleting process in which the meat of the poultry carcass is removed from the skeleton of the carcass, includes a base 12 for mount... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5833527 | Poultry breast filleting apparatus Previously eviscerated poultry carcasses are moved in series along a conveyor (26), mounted upon a series of mandrels (33). As the poultry carcasses are moved along their processing path and are mounted on their mandrels (33), the carcasses are automatica... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5697837 | Poultry breast filleting apparatus Previously eviscerated poultry carcasses are moved in series along a conveyor (17), mounted upon a series of modules (22). As the poultry carcasses are moved along their processing path and are mounted on their modules (22), the carcasses are automaticall... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5643074 | Method and apparatus for filleting the breast piece of slaughtered poultry The invention relates to a method for filleting the breast piece of slaughtered poultry including at least the sternum and the wishbone defined by both clavicles, wherein the breast piece is supported and the breast flesh is cut loose from the sternum and... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5618230 | Device for cutting up wings of poultry bodies A device for cutting up the wings of poultry bodies into their component parts is described. The device comprises a saddle conveyor for receiving the poultry bodies in the form of front halves with wings. The wings are engaged and synchronously accompanie... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5588906 | Offset, poultry deboning system A variable-offset, poultry deboning system having a conveyor fitted with variable-offset, poultry support arms that bend toward the sides of the conveyor and create a two-sided, poultry deboning-conveyor. The support arms are installed so that successive ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5562532 | Chicken tender cutting machine A chicken tender cutting machine includes two relatively moveable carriages supported on the frame above a processing line. The first device includes a knife for making an incision in the tenderloin between the wishbone and the rib cage of the bird to fre... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5545083 | Apparatus for processing slaughtered poultry An apparatus is described for processing the bodies of slaughtered poultry and thereby removing meat from the skeleton, specifically in the region of the clavicle (clavicula). The apparatus has a conveyor with saddles for carrying and conveying the poultr... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5492503 | Variable-offset, poultry deboning system A variable-offset, poultry deboning system having a conveyor fitted with variable-offset, poultry support arms that bend toward the sides of the conveyor and create a two-sided, poultry deboning-conveyor. The support arms are installed so that successive ... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5484333 | Loader for breast processor Poultry carcasses, having open abdominal cavities, are suspended from a foot shackle conveyor. As each carcass approaches a knife for severing the upper and lower portions of the carcass, the top portion is transferred onto an approaching tine which enter... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5474491 | Mandrel pin An improvement to the type of poultry processing machinery in which a poultry carcass is placed upon a cone shaped mandrel carried past various processing stations by a conveyor. The improvement comprises a pin with a piercing point carried by the mandrel... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5466185 | Removing breast meat from poultry Breast meat is stripped from a poultry carcass, after the shoulder joints have been separated and preliminary cuts have been made in the shoulder area with a cutter designed to leave the wings attached to the breast meat, by pulling the wings and breast m... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5413525 | Fish processing arrangement An auxiliary feeding apparatus (3) for a fish processing machine is described which comprises a conveyor equipped with saddle-like supporting members (1) for supporting the trunks of decapitated fish whose abdominal cavities are open on the ventral side. ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5411434 | Poultry shoulder and breast severing machine Poultry processing apparatus is disclosed for automatically performing shoulder-wing separation and severing cuts, short transverse shoulder cuts and long back cuts in the rib cage breast meat of a poultry carcass preparatory to removal of the wings and b... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5407383 | Method for detaching the wings from poultry bodies and an apparatus for carrying out the method An apparatus for detaching wings from a poultry body is described in which the detachment is effected by means of three pairs of separating tools with varying arrangements and forms of knife blades. The poultry bodies are prepared as front halves and pass... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5374214 | Breast processor A chicken breast processor has an endless conveyor on which are mounted a series of special fixtures for supporting a bird carcass during automatic butchering. Each fixture has a pair of spaced bars bearing respective upper and lower arms. Each of the arm... | 12/20/1994 |
