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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8070564 | Apparatus and method for stunning poultry with minimum damage to the poultry products The present invention relates to an apparatus for stunning and separating poultry during the stunning process. The apparatus includes a multi-zone trough having a plurality of basins and a separator adapted to separate shackled poultry hung from a conveyor system in... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7758406 | System for the control of stunning current in a bird slaughtering equipment, controlling device for stunning current and bird stunning method System for the control of stunning current in a bird slaughtering equipment, controlling device for stunning current and bird stunning method A system, method and device to slaughter birds (13) are disclosed. The system comprises a first sensor group (15 | 07/20/2010 |
| 7249998 | Method for processing poultry A method is described for processing poultry, comprising the steps of supplying live poultry, stunning the live poultry in a stunning device, placing the stunned poultry into product carriers advanced along a conveyor, killing the poultry and removing the feathers f... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244172 | Poultry incapacitator and method of use The invention relates to a method for rendering fowl insensate prior to killing and processing by exposing the fowl to a radio frequency source producing a frequency from between approximately 5 gigahertz and approximately 40 gigahertz and with an average power dens... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241212 | Poultry incapacitator and method of use The invention relates to a method for rendering fowl insensate prior to killing and processing, by exposing the fowl to a radio frequency source producing a frequency from between approximately 5 GHz and approximately 40 GHz, with an average power density from betwe... | 07/10/2007 |
| 6471576 | Animal stunning system A control system for applying an electrical charge in stunning an animal. The system includes an electrical charge control section directly controlling electrical charge transmitted to stun paddles for stunning an animal and a microprocessor controller li... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6132303 | Humane crustacean processor An apparatus for applying an electric current to a crustacean comprising: (i) an electrically insulated tank adapted to contain the crustacean; (ii) two electrodes arranged such that the crustacean can be placed between the electrodes; and (iii) means for... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6019674 | Two step poultry stunning method and apparatus therefor The present invention provides a saline solution containing elongated trough which is mounted at the end portions of four non-electrically conducting posts. The trough has an ingress funnel arrangement designed to restrict the thrashing of to-be-electrica... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5954572 | Constant current apparatus The invention is a current controller for use in, for example, automatic animal stunning equipment. A problem in the past has been that animal stunning equipment has not always stunned animals sufficiently humanely prior to slaughter. For example, when a ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5820451 | Shell shocker (electronic device for immobilizing seafood) A method and apparatus for the immobilization of live hard shell aquatic crustaceans "hard shell crabs" prior to or during processing. The apparatus includes a nonconductive container containing an electrolyte solution, the quantity of said electrolyte so... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5800257 | Shell shocker A method and apparatus for the immobilization of live hard shell aquatic crustaceans "hard shell crabs" prior to or during processing. The apparatus includes a nonconductive container containing an electrolyte solution, the quantity of said electrolyte so... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5487698 | Stunning apparatus An apparatus for use in stunning fowl prior to slaughter has a mechanism for passing a predetermined electrical current through a series of items of varying electrical resistance, the mechanism including a continuous shackle train (10) having shackles (11... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5433658 | Test apparatus According to the present invention a test apparatus for testing stunning baths in which fowl, each having a head, legs, and a body having a center, are to be stunned, includes a casing containing; electric circuitry having resistances corresponding to the... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5401209 | Current regulated electronic stunning apparatus An apparatus for stunning poultry has a conveyor moving along a predetermined path, for suspending the poultry and a compartmentalized basin defining individual compartments for a conducting liquid. The basin is positioned below a portion of the conveyor.... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5306200 | Current regulated electronic stunning apparatus An apparatus for stunning poultry has a conveyor moving along a predetermined path, for suspending the poultry and a compartmentalized basin defining individual compartments for a conducting liquid. The basin is positioned below a portion of the conveyor ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 4751767 | Poultry stunner The poultry stunner described herein comprises a poultry conveyor and an electrolyte bath below the conveyor and means for applying an electric potential between the conveyor and the bath so as to stun birds on the conveyor as their heads are passed throu... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4694534 | Apparatus for electrically stunning poultry The present invention provides a saline solution containing elongated trough which is mounted at the end portions of four non-electronically conducting ports. The trough has an ingress funnel arrangement designed to control the thrashing of to-be-electric... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4153971 | Stunner for poultry Poultry suspended heads down from an overhead conveyor are wetted with an electrolyte while adjacent to an electrolyte holding tank. At the downstream end of the electrolyte tank, a stunning trough is adjustably pivotally mounted on the tank and is compri... | 05/15/1979 |
