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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062105 | Scalding apparatus for poultry A scalding apparatus for poultry includes an overhead conveyor for moving poultry, suspended by their legs, through an immersion tank filled with scald water. A filtering device and pumping unit can be used to withdraw the scald water, clean the scald water, and rei... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7950986 | Carcass processing apparatus An apparatus for processing carcasses of gallinaceous animals, including a conveyor line 3 from which, in operation, carcasses are suspended by their legs, a heating cabinet 1 through which the carcasses are transported on the conveyor line 3, t... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7207879 | Carcass processing apparatus An apparatus for processing carcasses of gallinaceous animals, including a conveyor line 3 from which, in operation, carcasses are suspended by their legs, a heating cabinet 1 through which the carcasses are transported on the conveyor line 3 th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189157 | Method and a device for the preparation of slaughtered poultry for picking A method and a device is disclosed for the preparation of poultry for picking wherein the bodies of the poultry are scalded. Water vapor (5) is introduced into a scalding compartment (2). The scalding compartment (2) is heated to a predetermined... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7086940 | System for preventing carcass scorching The present invention is a system and method for rapidly cooling the exposed lean surfaces of a beef carcass. The system is adapted to reach important muscle regions, including the interior muscles located in the cavity of the carcass side. The system includes at le... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083510 | Water reuse in food processing Methods and systems enable reuse of water in processing of animals into food. In one method, water used in processing of animals into food is received. The water is treated so as to convert the water into a treated from capable of being reused in the processing of t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7037185 | Fish scaling system A housing has an interior with first and second ends and top and bottom faces. The housing has an air flow aperture in the top face. The housing has a debris aperture in the bottom face. The bottom face rests upon adjustable legs. Blades with cutting edges are provi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6146263 | Apparatus and method for cleaning poultry An apparatus is provided for cleaning poultry carcasses having a cavity. A plurality of cleaning heads are spaced about a sprayer carousel that is rotatably mounted upon a vertical shaft. The cleaning heads are mounted upon a plurality of vertically orien... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6093093 | Apparatus and method for cleaning poultry An apparatus is provided for cleaning poultry carcasses having a cavity. A plurality of cleaning heads are spaced about a sprayer carousel that is rotatably mounted upon a vertical shaft. The cleaning heads are mounted upon a plurality of vertically orien... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6019033 | Apparatus for steam pasteurization of food An apparatus for destroying pathogens on food, including a steam chamber having an entrance opening and an exit opening. An entrance door structure nominally closes the entrance opening in the steam chamber and an exit door structure nominally closes the ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5980375 | Method and apparatus for antimicrobial treatment of animal carcasses A two step antimicrobial treatment of animal carcasses prior to chill storage in a commercial slaughter operation. As a first step, the carcass is isolated in a hot water pasteurization chamber and sprayed with recirculation water at a minimum temperature... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5976005 | Apparatus for steam pasteurization of meat An apparatus for destroying pathogens on meat includes a dewatering station, a steam heating chamber, and a cooling chamber. The meat is treated as it is moved along by a conveyor. The dewatering chamber includes an air blower with nozzles for blowing air... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5964656 | Radio frequency identification device and method of use In the inventive method for the sanitary rinsing of an animal, an assembly line is provided which includes a plurality of shackles. Each shackle includes an inventive RFID tag which includes a machine readable unique shackle number. Once an animal is stun... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5938519 | Post poultry washer Poultry are thoroughly cleaned after being sequentially treated along a conventional endless poultry line by the post poultry washer of the present invention. The device consists of a two rows of vertical conduits at oppositably disposed positions with ve... | 08/17/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5882253 | Apparatus and method for cleaning poultry An apparatus used for reducing the amount of pathogenic bacteria associated with a bird or other edible animal, and preferably chickens, comprising: (a) a unit having an interior portion having side and bottom walls, an exterior portion having side and bo... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5651730 | Pasteurization of carcasses with directed sheets of heated water An animal carcass pasteurization apparatus and process is provided. Carcasses are suspended from a movable gambrel and are conveyed through a housing containing a heated water distribution system. Preferably, the gambrel extends through the top of the hou... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5632676 | Use of peracetic acid to sanitize processed fowl A method for sanitizing a fowl that has been defeathered and eviscerated by contacting the fowl with peracetic acid solution containing from 100 to 2000 ppm peracetic acid. Completely contacting the fowl with peracetic acid solution effectively reduces th... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5484332 | Poultry washing apparatus and method An apparatus used for reducing the amount of pathogenic bacteria associated with a bird or other edible animal, and preferably chickens, comprising: (a) a unit having an interior portion having side and bottom walls, an exterior portion having side and bo... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5482503 | Apparatus for washing poultry carcasses Poultry carcasses are washed in apparatus which includes a frame in which a rotary carousel operates, the carcasses being transported through the apparatus on a shackle train which operates in tandem with the carousel. Associated with each shackle and car... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5326308 | Vertical scalding apparatus Apparatus for the vertical scalding of animal carcasses on a continuously moving conveyor line and having at least one chamber, a conveyor system supported in the chamber forming a path through the chamber, and for suspending carcasses at spaced intervals... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4965911 | Decontamination of meat Decontamination apparatus for decontamination of meat carcasses including a main housing (11), supply means (22) for supplying water to the main housing (11), distribution means (17) for separating the water into a plurality of different sheets (21A, 21B,... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4944068 | Poultry scalder, scalding system and process A poultry scalder, process and system of the immersion poultry scalding employs counterflow recirculation of scald liquid in a counterdirection to that of the travel of the poultry through the immersion tank. The tank liquid is counterflowed externally in... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4868950 | Fowl scalding apparatus and method Apparatus for scalding or chilling poultry carcasses or the like. Fans are positioned to recirculate a flow of air toward the path travelled by the birds, and droplets of heated or chilled water are introduced to the air stream. A flow of water advantageo... | 09/26/1989 |
