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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7662034 | Apparatus for severing a drumstick and a thigh from each other An apparatus for severing a drumstick and a thigh that are part of a leg of poultry from each other includes an overhead conveyor for supplying the suspended leg, a supporting member for supporting the leg while the drumstick and thigh are being severed, and a cutti... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7530888 | Method and device for removing a bone from an extremity of a slaughter animal In a method and device, an elongate bone is removed from a meat-comprising extremity or part thereof of a slaughter animal. The bone has a first joint end, which forms part of a first joint, and a second joint end, which forms part of a second joint. The bone is tak... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7347772 | Conveyor system with pivotable hooks A conveyor system for linked sausage strands having a frame with an operating platform. The platform has opposite first and second ends, opposite sides, a top surface, and a wall extending along the sides and ends. A channel is formed in the top surface and a convey... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7325486 | Food processing apparatus and method A food processing system includes a food processing chamber for processing a food product, such as meat products such as hot dogs, sausages, poultry, fish, and other food items. A high speed serial to parallel loading station delivery system is provided. The food pr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7232365 | Method and device for removing a bone from an extremity of a slaughter animal In a method and device, an elongate bone is removed from a meat-comprising extremity or part thereof of a slaughter animal. The bone has a first joint end, which forms part of a first joint, and a second joint end, which forms part of a second joint. The bone is tak... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226349 | Process to electronically automate the sorting of chicken feet in the category of edible or inedible Photoelectric and inductive sensors are placed along a picking and eviscerating chicken lines. The sensors detect the location of a chicken bird in a shackle and its associated feet, also in a shackle. The sensors communicate this information to a programmable logic... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7175516 | Poultry processing hub and belt assembly This invention relates to a hub and belt assembly for driving a poultry de-feathering machine and more particularly to a multiple bearing heat dissipating hub driven by a serrated timing belt. The hub assembly incorporates seals along a drive shaft to reduce wear ca... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7097553 | Method and apparatus for forming a shaped meat product Method and apparatus for forming a shaped meat product by cutting under compression. Male and female die assemblies carried by dual conveyers are loaded with meat components and brought together in compression to define a die. The assemblies are formed with arrays o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7018283 | Apparatus for transferring poultry carcasses Apparatus for transferring poultry carcasses from a first overhead conveyor to a second overhead conveyor, including a transfer wheel rotatable about a shaft and disposed between the first and the second overhead conveyors. The apparatus also includes a receipt poin... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6749497 | Apparatus and method of edible feet harvest and paw production A method and apparatus for partially cutting hock joints, and letting feet remain attached to the rest of carcass by skin and one or more tendons, exposing the hock joint by folding feet, and hanging the carcasses in the evisceration shackles by hock joints, the met... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6638156 | Secondary halving apparatus for poultry An apparatus for cutting poultry carcasses as they are continuously conveyed by a shackle conveyor having a plurality of shackles. The inventive apparatus comprises a gap provided between two rails. The rails are positioned such that the exterior of the c... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6475076 | Secondary halving apparatus for poultry An apparatus for cutting poultry carcasses as they are continuously conveyed by a shackle conveyor having a plurality of shackles. The inventive apparatus comprises a gap provided between two rails. The rails are positioned such that the exterior of the c... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6450872 | Apparatus and method for cutting poultry paws A method and apparatus for cutting poultry paws. The inventive method comprises the steps of (a) placing the poultry paws in a rotating wheel and (b) cutting the poultry paws as the paws are carried by the rotating wheel. The inventive apparatus comprises... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6322438 | Poultry leg and thigh processor Previously eviscerated poultry carcasses with legs and backs remaining are suspended from shackles (25) by their legs and moved in sequence along a processing path. The backs are received on a surface conveyor (18) having parallel conveyor flights (36, 37... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6283848 | Poultry foot harvester and method Apparatus for harvesting the feet from poultry foot and leg parts including positioning means for positioning the a known feature of the foot and leg part at a prescribed location and severing means for severing the leg of the foot and leg part at a presc... | 09/04/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6004199 | Apparatus and method for separating legs from poultry carcasses Disclosed is an apparatus for separating legs from poultry carcasses having a saddle-shaped carcass section with a pelvis, a lower portion of a vertebral column, and hip joints connecting the legs to the pelvis. The apparatus comprises a main conveyor def... | 12/21/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5924918 | Device for processing poultry bodies Poultry bodies are processed by cutting them up into consumable products. A conveyor (1) having an endless flat link chain (4) has shackles for receiving and advancing the poultry bodies in a suspended position along a conveying path in which are arranged... | 07/20/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5855507 | Methods of post-slaughter handling and cutting a carcase Methods of post-slaughter handling a carcase are presented in a first example a carcase is hung from its symphysis pubis and cut by; (1) removing the knuckle, fillet end and chump from the rest of the carcase; and, (2) separating the knuckle from the fill... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5766064 | Method and apparatus for scoring poultry hocks An apparatus and method for automatically scoring the hock portion of a poultry leg to sever the surrounding skin and soft connective tissues from the underlying bone which is characterized by employing oppositely directed water knives aligned at a right ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5599227 | Cutting device A lightweight, portable animal dehorner has fixed and movable cutter blades mounted in a common frame, the movable blade being driven toward and away from the fixed blade by an air brake chamber connected to a source of air under pressure, and a hand grip... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5514031 | Automated leg shear with bi-directional cutting arm An apparatus for automatically shearing the leg from a carcass moving along a carcass rail includes an arm having a first end pivotally attached to a support structure and a second end attached to a shearing assembly. The arm is pivotally attached to said... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5507688 | Method and device for separating the skull and the vertebral column of a slaughtered animal The invention relates to a method for processing the neck of a slaughtered animal such that the skull is separated from the vertebral column, which method comprises the steps of: (1) positioning a slaughtered animal for processing; (2) providing a separating d... | 04/16/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5472377 | Poultry processing method, apparatus, and product Provided are: (a) a poultry carcass processing method; (b) an apparatus which is ideally suited for use in practicing the inventive method; and (c) a poultry product provided by the inventive processing method. The inventive processing method comprises th... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5460567 | Poultry hock cutter apparatus A poultry hock cutter apparatus for separating the shanks from the drumsticks of a poultry carcass at the hocks includes a stationary blade 44 for applying a progressive wedging action into the centers of the hocks from above and behind the hocks of each ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5433659 | Automated leg shear with sterilization station An apparatus for automatically shearing the leg from a carcass moving along a carcass rail includes an arm having a first end pivotally attached to a support structure and a second end attached to a shearing assembly. The arm swings the shearing assembly ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5421773 | Automatic hock shear with carcass leg positioner A carcass leg shearing apparatus adapted for mounting near a carcass rail. The apparatus includes a carcass leg engager for engaging the carcass legs and positioning the legs within a shearing region such that the carcass legs are sheared at the hock port... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5195925 | Method and apparatus for declawing poultry A method of declawing poultry by applying a form of heat to the claws of a one-day old poult. The preferred form of heat is microwave energy, which is applied for one-half second. After such a bloodless and relatively painless treatment, the claws fall of... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5188560 | Wing tip cutter Birds are conveyed in an inverted attitude suspended by their legs form shackles as their torsos move between a pair of guide rods (48) and guide rails (58) prior to reaching a pair of rotary cutting blades (41). A ramp (62) is positioned to engage the sh... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5188559 | Method and apparatus for separating the legs from the back of a poultry carcass An apparatus is disclosed for separating the back from the legs of a poultry carcass as the carcass is conveyed on overhead shackles along a processing path and after the entrails and breast of the carcass have been removed. The apparatus includes a cutti... | 02/23/1993 |
