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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062104 | Use of high pressure processing to aid in the hair or feather removal from animal carcasses/hides High pressure processing is utilized to remove the external carcass portions from an animal carcass. The animal carcass is subjected to pressures of 50 MPa or greater to loosen the external carcass portions. In addition, high pressure processing is utilized to stren... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7963828 | Method and apparatus for preparing poultry carcasses for defeathering operations A process includes contacting a feathered poultry carcass with an ammonia-based treatment material to increase the pH at the skin of the carcass and thereby effect a loosening of the feathers on the carcass. After the contact with the ammonia-based treatment materia... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7134957 | Method for reducing microbial levels on the hide of an animal Disclosed is a novel method for reducing microbial levels on a hide of an animal. In one embodiment, the method comprises stunning the animal having a hide with a quantity of microorganisms on its hair, contacting the hide of the animal with an alkaline solution hav... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7022005 | Method for reducing microbial levels on the hide of an animal Disclosed is a novel method and system for dehairing an animal, providing a system for recycling and safely disposing of chemical and biological wastes produced during such dehairing method. Included in such method are processes for handling sodium production in was... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6855048 | Wing tip feather puller The invention is a method and apparatus for removing feathers from a carcass, and more specifically is a method and apparatus for removing feathers from the wing tips of poultry. The method and apparatus comprises at least one wing tip puller which further comprises... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6824461 | Hair depilating device and method for improved depilating coverage A hand-held, motorized depilating device, introducing a novel mechanical design to provide improved depilating coverage and hair plucking efficiency, without requiring the user to pass the device over the same given skin, area numerous times. The hair-plucking assem... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6458024 | Method and system for processing waste products generated in an animal dehairing operation Disclosed is a novel method and system for dehairing an animal, providing a system for recycling and safely disposing of chemical and biological wastes produced during such dehairing method. Included in such method are processes for handling sodium produc... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6322436 | Method and system for processing waste products generated in an animal dehairing operation Disclosed is a novel method and system for dehairing an animal, providing a system for recycling and safely disposing of chemical and biological wastes produced during such dehairing method. Included in such method are processes for handling sodium produc... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6220951 | Method and system for dehairing animals Disclosed is a novel method and system for dehairing an animal, providing a system for recycling and safely disposing of chemical and biological wastes produced during such dehairing method. Included in such method are processes for handling sodium produc... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6129623 | Method and system for dehairing animals Disclosed is a novel method and system for dehairing an animal, providing a system for recycling and safely disposing of chemical and biological wastes produced during such dehairing method. Included in such method are processes for handling sodium produc... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5928074 | Method for removing oral cavity staining, method for processing hogs, apparatus for delivering stain removing solution, and method for reducing bacteria level in a hog carcass oral cavity A method for removing oral cavity staining in a hog carcass is provided by the invention. The method includes steps of providing a carcass including an oral cavity, applying an aqueous stain removing solution including an oxygen bleaching agent to the ora... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5817155 | Emulsion for hair treatment An emulsion for hair treatment is provided which is characterized by the following: the formulation (I) is composed of a W/O type emulsion, which allows the main agent to be stable, and contains preferably an oil soluble polymer compound for the emulsifie... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5405289 | Method for slaughtering and removing the hide from ratites, including ostrich and emu A method is disclosed for the humane slaughter and processing of ratites, including but not limited to, ostrich and emu, which are generally very large, heavy, and hostile animals, on a mass scale while preserving the quality of body parts during removal.... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5376042 | Process for the depilation of animal skins Current enzymatic processes for the depilation of hair require long processing times and are relatively expensive and chemical processes often create odor and/or effluent disposal problems. In the present invention, skins to be depilated are contacted wit... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5295897 | Fish fin remover A fish fin remover that is capable of guiding a fish fin to be removed through a clearance to a rotary blade without difficulty for cutting the fin at its root accurately. The fish fin remover includes a guide frame having a step which allows the circumfe... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5291636 | Wool cutting or shearing unit An apparatus and method for removing or cutting wool from a skin, the apparatus comprising a conveyor to move the skin to a heated cutter element. The cutter element comprises a plurality of individually supported and heated electrical wires, and means ar... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5196021 | Depilatory device A depilatory device for removing body hair, includes a pair of jaws adapted to sequentially traverse an opening in the housing when the hair-plucker body is driven by an electrical motor. The jaws of each pair are normally spaced apart in an open conditio... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5149295 | Method for de-hairing animals A method for remvoing hair from the hide of an animal to be slaughtered in order to reduce bacterial contamination of meat and meat by-products. A bovine is first immobilized and a depilatory substance of sodium sulfide is sprayed onto the animal's hide for 1-... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5057115 | Hair removal device with improved coupled-disc element The motor-powered depilatory device for removing skin hair is provided in a compact, efficient, hand-held unit, based on the operation of an axially rotatable hair-plucking element provided as a plurality of discs adjacently coupled in column form. By pro... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5001812 | Revolving poultry thigh deboner The deboner carries a plurality of modules in a closed path through a series of processing stations. Each module includes a rotary bone holder that supports one end of a poultry bone and a stripper assembly that is moved toward and away from the bone hold... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4998323 | Poultry breast and back skinner A poultry skinner comprises a stationary frame having a pair of chain guides attached thereto, and a pair of parallel endless chains mounted for movement upon the chain guides. The chains, driven by a motor through a Geneva drive transmission, which produ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4998322 | System for dewinging fowl An apparatus for dewinging a bird comprises a generally stationary base, a holder that supports the bird to be dewinged stationarily adjacent the base, and a carriage longitudinally displaceable forward on the base. The carriage can be displaced relative ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4996742 | Safety method and means for stopping and starting meat skinning machines This invention utilizes a conventional meat skinning machine having a frame, an elongated skinning blade, a rotatable gripping roll closely positioned adjacent the blade, an electrical motor operatively connected to the gripping roll and to a source of el... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4951355 | Process for loosening scales and removing slime from fish In the cleaning and dressing of fish, surface slime is removed and scales are loosened by submerging fish in a treatment bath of an aqueous solution of common apple cider vinegar, preferably in a concentration of approximately one percent (1%), for a trea... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4047504 | Grooming implement for horses A grooming implement has hand grips and two blades corresponding edges of which have a lengthwise series of teeth. The blades include parallel, spaced-apart grooming portions that remain substantially parallel when the implement is held by the hand grips ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4040390 | Animal grooming tool A multi-purpose grooming and shedding tool suitable for removing dirt and shedding hair and simultaneously grooming animals, such as horses, is made in the form of an oval-shaped, molded plastic body member having depending grooming teeth formed in a port... | 08/09/1977 |