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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7637805 | Apparatus for reorienting fish fillets during processing An apparatus for reorienting fish fillets includes a pair of oppositely rotating turntables positioned at the end of a conveyor belt and tilted in the longitudinal direction of travel of the fillets. A divider directs fillets on the right-hand side of the conveyor t... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7357707 | Method and apparatus for harvesting an inner fillet from poultry A method and apparatus is provided for harvesting an inner fillet from poultry, wherein a tendon with which the inner fillet is or was connected to a wing bone of the poultry projects from the inner fillet. The tendon is gripped, and subsequently the tendon and the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7278536 | Molded plastic conveyor chain member for processing poultry A conveyor chain for poultry processing is formed of injection molded regular links in serially connected relationship, and has at intervals a special link adapted to receive a threaded stud for a chicken carcass-supporting cone or other structure. The special link ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7252584 | Fish processing machine with alignment devices and methods for realigning fish during processing Fish processing machines and methods for realigning fish during processing are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a fish processing machine in accordance with the invention includes a fish processing unit for use with a processing machine having a fillet assembly ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7134956 | Automated feet-gripping system A system and method for transferring live objects, such as chickens, to a shackle line are presented. The system and method include introducing a plurality of live objects to a singulator. The singulator isolates the individual live objects and places them in a pall... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125330 | Overhead conveyor for poultry The invention relates to an overhead conveyor for poultry, for example chickens, having a conveyor line, and along the conveyor line movable hooks suspended therefrom with holders for the ends of the poultry's legs. The hooks are rotatable about a substantially vert... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7070492 | Automated support member positioning and removing systems and related devices and methods Methods, systems, and associated devices for supplying support members to a product loading station and automatically removing loaded members therefrom include: (a) advancing in serial order and spaced apart relationship, a plurality of elongated support members hav... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7032271 | Noise control device for a steel door A noise control device for a steel door includes a buffer, a shock-absorbing member, a stopping member, or only includes a colliding member. The noise control device is installed at any location of a steel door and a casting where noise may be generated when the ste... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6997797 | Device for processing slaughtered animals or parts thereof A device for processing slaughtered animals or parts thereof, having a first station and a second station, comprises a conveyor which extends between the first station and the second station. The conveyor comprises at least one slot which is designed to carry and su... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6837782 | Device for processing a slaughter product A device for processing a slaughter product comprises a conveyor which can move along a path and to which a first body, which can rotate about a first axis, is connected. A second body, which can rotate about a second axis, is connected to the first body. A first ac... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6830508 | Rotary shackle with lock collar The shackle assembly (10) has a lock gear (22) non-rotatably mounted to the shackle (11). Lock collar (45) has inwardly projecting lock collar teeth (51) that engage with the lock gear teeth (28A-28D). When the lock c... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6811480 | Telescopic poultry shackle A shackle assembly for transporting a poultry carcass suspended by its legs along a processing path and over a weighing scale for weighing the carcass. The shackle assembly includes a trolley support, a trolley mounted to the trolley support for engaging the weighin... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6623346 | Automated transfer of live objects to shackle line method and apparatus A system and method for transferring live objects, such as chickens, to a shackle line are presented. The system and method include introducing a plurality of live objects to a singulator. The singulator isolates the individual live objects and places the... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6523462 | Aligned food processing system A food processing system for an elongated strand of food product, such as hot dogs or sausage links, provides aligned orientation of conveyor hooks and identical arrival time spacing between adjacent hooks at a reference loading point at a strand producin... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6478668 | Apparatus for conveying slaughtered animals The invention relates to an apparatus for conveying slaughtered animals, in particular birds or parts of birds, which apparatus includes a plurality of carriers for the animals, each of which carrier is connected via an adjustable coupling device with a c... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6234891 | Collating conveyor for sausage links A collating conveyor is provided for sausage links. The conveyor includes a frame with opposite ends and chains trained about the opposite ends of the frame. A motor drives the chains in a vertically oriented loop. A plurality of brackets are mounted on t... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6231436 | Method and apparatus for uniformly positioning legs of slaughtered poultry The invention relates to a method and apparatus for uniformly positioning legs of slaughtered poultry. Initially the legs are rotated in such a way that their knees end up pointing sideways in relation to a vertical plane passing through the overhead conv... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6193595 | Methods and apparatus for performing processing operations on a slaughtered animal or part thereof Apparatus and methods for performing multiple automated poultry processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof via a single machine is described. The machine contains at least two rotary processors in a single frame. A covering surround... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193596 | Positioning bivalve shellfish for processing Apparatus for determining the position of a bivalve shellfish (10), particularly a scallop, which is to be processed to recover an edible portion. A shell shape complement (30) has at least a partially complementary shape such as a concavity or recess to ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6190250 | Method and apparatus for performing processing operations on a slaughtered animal or part thereof Apparatus and methods for performing multiple automated poultry processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof via a single machine is described. The machine contains at least two rotary processors in a single frame. A covering surround... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6179701 | Overhead conveyor system for slaughtered chickens or other poultry An overhead conveyor system for slaughtered chickens or other poultry comprises a track (2) supported above the floor, a number of suspension hooks (4) which are movable along the track and are positioned one after the other, each having two brackets (6) ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6179702 | Rotary shackle with position lock The rotary bird hanger 30 includes a turning gear 38 having on its upper surface a lock collar 42, with lock notches 50 formed at intervals about the lock collar 42. The non-rotatable hanger support 32 includes a cam lock 62 movably supported by the hange... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6168512 | Apparatus for conveying and positioning shrimp A shrimp conveying and positioning apparatus (10) includes a track (13) oriented along an inclined path in one direction. The track is reciprocated along an inclined path in a direction opposite to the inclined orientation of the track. The apparatus also... | 01/02/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6056636 | Method and means for making and conveying an extruded sausage strand An apparatus for producing and processing a strand of sausage or foodstuff has a sausage producing machine which produces a linked strand of sausage for deposit of loops of the strand on the hooks of a continuous conveyor. The conveyor picks up the loops ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6010398 | Shackle device for holding poultry carcasses In a poultry-processing machine a suspension conveyor is provided, with the aid of which poultry carcasses are guided individually through processing stations. The poultry carcasses are held for this purpose on shackles fastened to the suspension conveyor... | 01/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5762547 | Apparatus for processing shrimp A shrimp orienting and deheading apparatus (10) includes a top track (11), a middle track (12), a bottom track (13) and a deheading station (14). The top track has a V-shaped channel (16) with a step (18) which causes a shrimp (S) positioned tail forward ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5672100 | Method for suspending live poultry by the legs and an apparatus, catching means and slaughter shackle for carrying out the method Live poultry is caused to face in a desired direction prior to engagement of the poultry legs by a leg catching device by dropping the poultry one-by-one off the terminal end of a moving conveyor onto a lower conveyor having poultry leg engaging devices a... | 09/30/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5505657 | Device for conveying slaughtered animals, in particular birds Device for conveying slaughtered animals or a part thereof, having a number of leg carriers, each of which is connected by way of a rotatable connecting element to a trolley of a conveyor, and runs through a track past at least one processing station. Eac... | 04/09/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5487700 | Poultry shackle with rotatable stirrups An improved poultry shackle assembly for suspending poultry carcasses by their hocks from an overhead conveyor system for movement along a poultry processing line comprises a support frame from which a pair of spaced stirrups depend. Each of the stirrups ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5474493 | Apparatus for placing randomly deposited items in a single file An apparatus for placing items such as poultry carcasses in a single file is disclosed which includes a rotatable cone having an outer periphery, a conveyor belt dispersed about the outer periphery of the rotatable cone and a guide means for effecting dis... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5370574 | Method and apparatus for suspending poultry with its legs from a suspension conveyor In the invention poultry to be suspended with its legs from a suspension conveyor is first oriented in parallel with a certain direction, such as the conveying direction of the suspension conveyor, next spaced at a certain mutual distance, thereafter orie... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5366406 | Apparatus and method for conveying a bird along a poultry processing line A grading shackle (10) for suspending birds from the overhead conveyor system of an automated poultry processing plant. The grading shackle (10) has a tiltable support frame (15) and a bird support bracket (20) pivotally attached to the support frame (15)... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5358441 | Device for holding flat fish during processing The present invention allows fish processing machinery designed to process pollock or salmon, such as the Baader 182, to be adapted to process flat fish, such as sole. One embodiment of the present invention includes a generally rectangular fish holder th... | 10/25/1994 |
