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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427229 | Method for gutting beheaded and non-beheaded fish and device for implementing the same A method for gutting beheaded and non-beheaded fish, and in particular farmed fish, uses a circular blade with a guide gouge for opening the abdominal cavity. Then, the entrails are aspirated and extracted separately from the aspirating and extracting of the blood a... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7261630 | Cutting apparatus with displacement element An apparatus (1) for cutting up the belly of a slaughtered animal has a cutter for performing a cutting function in a cutting direction (SR), and a displacement element (5) which applies a forces on a predetermined area of the outer surface ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7131906 | Ready-to-cook bird product An edible bird with an internal cavity provided by removal of the visceral parts of the bird and most or all of the internal bone structure. Disposed within the cavity of the bird body, is an edible filling and heat transfer elements to transfer heat directly into t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7097025 | System for removing dead animals A system for transporting dead animals in an animal raising facility to a disposal site using a conveyor having at least one carrier that operates by placing the dead animals in the carrier, transporting the carrier towards a disposal site by the conveyor, and empty... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7066806 | Apparatus for breaking tissue connections in poultry suspended by the feet The invention relates to an apparatus for breaking tissue connections in poultry suspended by the feet prior to the evisceration of this poultry. The tissue connections connect a portion of the viscera with belly fat located at the breast side of the inner cavity wa... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059953 | Apparatus and a method for automatic cutting of organs from a plucks set from a carcass An apparatus for automatic cutting of organs from a plucks set from a carcass by a cutting device, the plucks set comprising larynx, gullet and windpipe, lungs and heart. The apparatus comprises a suspension device for holding the pipes, moving device for moving the... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052213 | Hydraulic food cutter with improved accelerator tube assembly A hydraulic accelerator tube is provided for an improved hydraulic food cutting assembly. The accelerator tube is formed of polyurethane having a durometer hardness within the range of 20–70. It is encased within a clamshell housing which, when installed in the fo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7025669 | Electrical treatment of carcasses An animal carcass (12) being processed on a slaughter line (8) passes through various electrical current processing stations such as immobilisation (1), low voltage electrical stimulation (2), electronic bleeding (3), nerve deactiv... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6905404 | System for harvesting animal parts A method and apparatus are disclosed for harvesting portions of an animal carcass, most preferably for harvesting chicken paws from a chicken carcass which is determined to be of edible quality. The chicken paws and the remainder of the carcass are separated at a po... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6796892 | Method and apparatus for processing carcasses A method for processing meat along a meat processing line. The method includes removing viscera from a carcass, accumulating the carcass along a dead rail stack of the meat processing line, washing the carcass, and inspecting the carcass at an inspection station fol... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6783451 | Method and apparatus for removing faecal matter from slaughtered poultry suspended by the legs and for cleaning the poultry The invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing faecal matter from slaughtered poultry suspended by the legs, wherein the poultry, after having been cut for bleeding, is scalded to soften the feathers of the poultry, and after having been scalded is plu... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6716096 | Poultry feces removal apparatuses and methods An apparatus for removing feces from a bird's intestines while avoiding contact between the feces and the bird's skin. The apparatus includes a clasping device for supporting the bird laterally and for applying squeezing forces to opposite sides of the bird. The cla... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6638155 | Apparatus for and a method of separating an organ from a set of organs from a carcass The apparatus comprises: a running conveyor (1) with hooks (2) for suspending a set (5) of organs by the diaphragm (6) and conveying it in a conveying direction of the conveyor (1); a slit device (10; 11) arranged below the conveyor (1) with a slit (13; 4... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6419575 | Cutting method of salmon ovary and apparatus for carrying out cutting method When a salmon ovary is cut, the salmon ovary is held and transferred and in a whole state, the ovary is locally pushed at predetermined gaps, eggs in a membrane are divided into a plurality of clusters by this pushing operation, and the pushed portions of... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6371843 | 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... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6306026 | Apparatus and method for parallel processing of a plurality of cattle carcasses suspended from a conveyor The invention disclosed in this document relates to an apparatus and method for parallel processing of a plurality of cattle carcasses suspended from a conveyor. At least two processing stations are provided that displace, or move, in a direction parallel... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6174229 | Method and device for evisceration of carcasses The invention relates to a method for the evisceration of carcasses conveyed on a slaughter line suspended in gambrels or hooks, where the abdomen and breast have been cut open, the hams divided and the fat end loosened, and wherein the carcass intestines... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6152816 | Method and device for processing slaughtered poultry, as well as conveyor member for use in such a method and device In a device and method for processing slaughtered poultry, the following steps are carried out: drawing the viscera package out of the carcass of the poultry; separating the viscera package from the carcass; conveying the viscera package in a viscera pack... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6129624 | Method and apparatus for preparation of fish for minced muscle products and surimi A method and apparatus which utilizes a hydraulic fluid such as water or air to propel fish through cutting blades which strip cut the fish so that exposed viscera of the fish may be removed by brushes or the like. Fish are processed serially in appropria... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5810651 | Apparatus for processing an entrails package removed from slaughtered poultry The invention relates to an apparatus for processing an trails package removed from slaughtered poultry, comprising two parallel and adjacently positioned shafts drivable for an opposite rotation, with a helically extending surface profile, the shafts def... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5759095 | Apparatus for dividing into separate parts an assembly comprising heart and lungs The invention relates to an apparatus for dividing into separate parts an assembly removed from an entrails package of a slaughtered bird comprising heart and lungs. The apparatus comprises two rotating axes defining a slit therebetween. A first part of t... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5755617 | Method and device for separating at least one piece of visceral tissue from at least one organ connected thereto In a method and device for separating at least one piece of visceral tissue from at least one organ connected thereto, in which the at least one piece of visceral tissue to be separated is smaller than said at least one organ, the cluster of visceral tiss... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5697836 | Method for processing poultry The method of processing poultry comprises the slitting of a poultry carcass along at least one lateral side from the thoracic inlet to the midline of the abdomen, to permit separating a breast portion of the poultry carcass from the back by hinging along... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5628680 | Water jet fish cleaning apparatus for kirimi processor The present invention allows oval fish processing machinery designed to process pollock or salmon, such as the Baader 182, to be adapted to process flat fish such as sole to produce kirimi. One embodiment of the invention includes a generally rectangular ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5620365 | Throat tissue cutting apparatus for fish processing machines A fish processing machine has a deheading station and a finishing station at which the throat tissue of the deheaded fish is removed. These stations are located on a reciprocating carriage in conjunction with a main body conveyor, a head positioning conve... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5569067 | Method of and apparatus for separating into parts the entrails package removed from a slaughtered bird The invention relates to a method for separating into parts an entrails package removed from a slaughtered bird, the package comprising gizzard, proventriculus, heart, lungs, liver, gallbladder and intestines. The method includes loosening the tissue conn... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5413524 | Method of taking out viscera of fish and apparatus thereof A method and an apparatus for taking out the viscera of a fish. A fish, the head of which is cut off, is conveyed by conveying belts and the belly of the fish is incised with a cutting blade. The fish, the belly of which has been incised, is caused to ris... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5334083 | Method and device for mechanically drawing slaughtered poultry Method and device for mechanical removal of the viscera package from the belly cavity of slaughtered poultry hanging by the legs from hooks which are moved in a conveyor along a drawing device. For removal of the viscera package, the body of the poultry i... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5326309 | Animal evisceration A process of eviscerating an inverted animal carcass (10) inclined at 35° to 40° includes pushing the viscera (30) comprising both the thoracic viscera (31) and abdominal viscera (32) in a direction (B) from the cranial end (11) of the carcass (10) towa... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5318428 | Method and apparatus for dividing a package removed from a bird The invention provides a method and apparatus for dividing a package removed from a bird, which may include intestines, liver and heart with lungs, into separate parts. Using the method and apparatus, firstly the heart-lungs assembly is cut loose from the... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5299976 | Apparatus for retaining poultry Apparatus for retaining poultry suspended with its legs from a suspension conveyor while submitting the poultry to a processing operation. The apparatus comprises two horizontally spaced apart retaining plates receiving the poultry therebetween. The plate... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299975 | Apparatus for conveying entrails packages which have been removed from birds Apparatus for conveying entrails packages which have been removed from birds, comprising a conveyor for the entrails packages having a number of conveying means. Each conveying means is provided with a carrier which is pivotable between a lower position a... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299974 | Method and apparatus for producing a whole fish product In a mechanical process for producing a fish product which may be described as a double fillet including head and tail, the intestines and the bone structure are removed completely and the gills at least partially. The processing is performed from the tai... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5186678 | Heart and liver harvesting system Method and apparatus for mechanically and individually removing the heart and liver from poultry viscera still attached to the poultry carcass being transported through the poultry plant by an overhead conveyor and cleaning the heart after removal.... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5152715 | Method and device for separating heart, lungs and liver from the viscera of a bird In a separating device, the heart, lungs and liver are separated from the viscera of a slaughtered bird by conveying these organs, including the gall-bladder, connected to the bird, essentially parallel to the path of the bird with a helical roller. First... | 10/06/1992 |