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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172652 | Method and apparatus for harvesting livers and hearts A method and apparatus for harvesting livers and hearts from a giblet package comprising an infeed pinch roller assembly, a slide assembly, an indexer assembly, an intestine pull down and a liver and heart separator assembly, for harvesting livers and hearts with an... | 05/08/2012 |
| 6913136 | Apparatus and method for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products A device for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products, comprises two driven endless aligning conveyors running with the transport paths substantially parallel to each other, which transport paths together form a support for the meat products for transp... | 07/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 5098335 | Processing roll assembly A processing assembly for use in processing poultry parts by separating the parts into different portions comprising an elongate roll with helically extending teeth and a cover defining a recess therein for the discharge end of the roll with a size such t... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4748722 | Gizzard harvester A gizzard harvester is disclosed having a pair of opposed conveyors for receiving a gizzard and holding the same against rotation as the gizzard is advanced onto a rotating cone spindle which both washes foreign matter from the gizzard and removes its lin... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4590643 | High yield gizzard harvesting apparatus A method and apparatus for processing poultry gizzards employing in-feed rollers and retarding means to initially orient the gizzards with appendage organs dangling below. The appendage organs are severed whereupon the gizzards are secured in the initial ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4570294 | Apparatus for separating the gizzards from the entrails of poultry and for further processing the gizzards A gizzard processing apparatus comprising a feed section with means for detaching and removing the entrails attached to the gizzards, and a conveying section for advancing the gizzards from the feed section to a peeling section in which the lining is remo... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4570296 | Gizzard harvesting apparatus An apparatus for processing poultry gizzards at substantially high line speeds. A plurality of gizzards preferably with the stomach and intestines attached are directed in a random arrangement into a feeding and aligning station. Feed roll means at that s... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4538325 | Gizzard harvesting machine A system for processing a gizzard with the viscera attached where the viscera is conveyed along a poultry processing line by conveying means including adjusting means for adjusting the viscera to a predetermined length while the viscera is conveyed by the... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4524489 | Device for separating and processing the gizzards of slaughtered poultry A device for separating the gizzard from the connected entrails of slaughtered poultry comprising an inlet, two oblong cylindrical parallel rotating transport elements and a gizzard separating device, the first element with a helical transport ribbon alon... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524491 | Gizzard harvesting apparatus and process A method and apparatus for processing poultry gizzards at substantially high line speeds. A plurality of gizzards preferably with the stomach and intestines attached are directed in a random arrangement into a feeding and aligning station. Feed roll means... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4466158 | Method and apparatus for separating viscera from and splitting gizzards The gizzard with crop and other viscera attached thereto are retrieved from a cavity of a bird on an overhead conveyor system, and with viscera hanging from the gizzard, the gizzard is moved over a cutter whose elements define an open ended cutting path w... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4434526 | Device for separating and processing the gizzards of slaughtered poultry A device for separating the gizzard from the connected entrails of slaughtered poultry comprising an inlet, two oblong cylindrical parallel rotating transport elements and a gizzard separating device, the first element with a helical transport ribbon alon... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4395795 | Poultry gizzard processing system Poultry gizzards with gut and stomach attached thereto are moved in sequence along a processing path, first along a pair of helically threaded conveyor rolls which supports the gizzards and permits the stomach and gut to hang freely below the gizzards bet... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4382313 | Gizzard harvesting machine A system for processing a gizzard with the viscera attached where the viscera is conveyed along a poultry processing line by conveying means including adjusting means for adjusting the viscera to a predetermined length while the viscera is conveyed by the... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4302867 | Dual feed conveyor in gizzard processing machine At the infeed end of a poultry gizzard processing machine are two roller chains comprising a smaller chain riding piggyback on a larger chain. The larger chain has links which extend past either side of the smaller chain and up to define a platform for su... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4249284 | Poultry gizzard processing system Poultry gizzards with entrails such as gut and stomach attached are supported at first on a rotary drum with a helical tread and a rotary support bar whereupon the gizzards are urged along a path and are oriented so that the entrails hang therebelow as th... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4074390 | Fowl gizzard separator Apparatus for separating the gizzard from a package of interconnected entrails removed from a fowl, comprising a horizontal rotating transport drum with helical external ribs, cooperating with a stationary sloping support blade in moving the gizzard towar... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4073040 | Machine for process of poultry gizzards The poultry gizzard with the gut and stomach attached descends along a chute having a slot through which the gut hangs from the gizzard. Below the lower end of the chute are a pair of rolls having the tops rotating toward each other. These rolls have inte... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4057875 | Feed apparatus for poultry gizzard processing machine A pair of rolls extend upstream from beyond the upstream end of a generally horizontal feed trough. The configuration and the rotation of the rolls is such that the gizzard and stomach are supported on the tops of the rolls while the gut and gullet, inclu... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3990128 | Device for processing the entrails of slaughtered poultry A device for processing the intestines of slaughtered poultry, in particular of the gizzards comprising two synchronously driven worm conveyors, engaging each other, the first worm being shorter than the second one, the worms being set with cooperating ra... | 11/09/1976 |
