Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152606 | Skinning knife A skinning knife, comprising a handle, a slitting blade disposed at a forward portion of the handle and having an upwardly- and forwardly-directed cutting edge, a first spreading member disposed at the forward most position of the knife so as to spread apart two por... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7967668 | Method and apparatus for the separate harvesting of back skin and back meat from a carcass part of slaughtered poultry A method for the harvesting of back skin from a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, from which carcass part the breast cap has been removed, wherein the carcass part initially consisting of at least a part of the upper back and at least a part of the legs connected... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7942730 | De-skinner for poultry parts The present invention relates to a de-skinner for poultry-parts. In one exemplary embodiment, the deskinner includes an infeed for the poultry parts, a processing device for removing the skin from the poultry parts, and a discharge for the processed poultry parts. R... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7365955 | Material processing machine A material processing machine such as a wood chipping machine, a press, a cane cutting machine or other machine comprising an operating region having at least one processing element and an access region through which material passes to the operating region, has at l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7273630 | Process for cleaning and disinfecting food products A composition and process for improving the quality of raw food product such as seafood, meat and fowl including a treatment of a bath, rinse, ice blend, steam or spray for preparing the raw food product, such as fresh fish, meat or poultry or produce. Before the tr... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264544 | Apparatus and method for field dressing game An apparatus and method for field dressing game. The apparatus includes an anchor and a cord attached to the anchor. The anchor is adapted to be inserted into the ground, and the cord is adapted to be attached to an animal's leg and to the anchor. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7241213 | Open top meat skinning device A roller assembly for a meat skinning device having a frame, a drive shaft rotatably mounted to the frame and having a female groove, and an elongated roller having a male prong frictionally received within the female groove, a bearing housing secured to the drive s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236849 | Safety system for power equipment Apparatus and method is disclosed for providing a safety system for power equipment comprising a machine having a lower tool, an upper tool, and a safety controller. The lower tool is electrically isolated from the reversible upper tool. A safety controller is coupl... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7179163 | Fish cleaning apparatus and methods Apparatus and associated methods for cleaning residual visceral matter from the belly cavity of a gutted fish. The cleaning apparatus includes a scraper attached at the mouth of a suction tube by a hinge. An actuator pivots the scraper about the hinge between an ext... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163452 | Squirrel skinning device and method thereof A squirrel skinning device and method that makes skinning and cleaning a squirrel easy and safe. The squirrel skinning device consists of two handle sections that pivot like scissors to force jaws together to hold a squirrel by the tail bone to allow easy removal of... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7150678 | Butchering processes for meat products A method for mass-production butchering of a beef chuck roll includes locating an anterior side and a posterior side of the chuck roll, and making a first series of cuts into the chuck roll along lines not intersecting the anterior and posterior sides. The first ser... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7070493 | Skinner for poultry carcasses The invention relates to a device for processing poultry carcasses or parts thereof, comprising a conveyor having supports for retaining the carcasses or parts thereof, which conveyor is provided with means for leading the supports in a supply direction past at leas... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059954 | Method and device for processing a poultry leg In a method and device for processing a poultry leg which is hanging from a carrier and comprises at least a drumstick, the operations are carried out: cutting into the drumstick substantially around the drumstick in the vicinity of the tarsal joint by means of at l... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7012519 | Emergency shutoff system for power machinery, wireless monitoring systems, and emergency shutoff methods An emergency shutoff system for power machinery includes a control device housing a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and a processor. A wireless device is carried by a user and configured to transmit information to the control device to cause the processor t... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6988944 | Game skinning tool The present invention provides a tool for gripping the skin of a game comprising a mass tethered to a collar formed of a rigid material. The mass is tethered to the collar with a flexible cord. The skinning tool enables the user to grip and to forcibly pull the skin... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6946052 | Separating apparatus and processing method for plate member This invention is to guarantee that in separating a plate member such as a bonded substrate stack, a fluid is injected to an appropriate portion of the plate member. While a bonded substrate stack (50) is rotated, the vertical position of its peripheral porti... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6929541 | Method for making a fowl wing cut and the resultant product The present invention is a method for cutting a fowl to create a meat cut which includes the radius bone and muscles (meat) adhering to the radius bone. The method involves separating the radius bone and muscles adhering to the radius bone from the carcass of the fo... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921326 | Poultry breast meat apportioning method A method for apportioning larger poultry breast wherein two primary meat products are produced by cutting predetermined cutlet shapes from the rearward one half of each breast half. Additionally cut are two or more preparative secondary meat products from the thicke... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918825 | Poultry de-feathering apparatus and method Apparatus for de-feathering (i.e. picking or plucking) poultry. More particularly, picking apparatus employing a plurality of elongated picking elements which are resistant to cracking and/or micro-poring, and which are preferably flexible and/or bendable and which ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6856852 | Method and means for controlling the operation of a machine based upon the wearing apparel by the machine operator A method and apparatus that uses safety apparel that has an identification element so that a sensor on a machine may detect the presence of the identification element. Upon detecting the presence of the identification element, the sensors electronically activate a s... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6699116 | Automated poultry thigh skinning and deboning apparatus An automated skinning and deboning apparatus for processing poultry thigh portions to remove the skin and bone from the meat portion in a single pass includes a support frame and housing having a feed inlet and a product discharge outlet. The feed inlet i... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6656032 | Leg part cutter A leg part cutter (1) skins and cuts poultry leg parts, in particular thighbones (P), which parts are provided with a bone. A frame (2, 3) and skinning rolls (19) arranged on the frame for skinning the leg part. Knives (24, 25) are arranged on the frame f... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6589108 | Tapered blade and holder for a meat skinning machine The bottom of the clamp in a blade assembly has an elongated truncated tapered recess that receives the blade of similar shape. The blade has a vertical rearward edge. When the blade is placed in the recess of the clamp, an opening exists between the rear... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6579164 | Method for removing skin from the body and/or parts of the body of animals, and device therefor The invention concerns a method for removing skin from the bodies of animals, preferably of fowls, and a device for implementing said method. Known devices comprise skin-removing rollers, designed to enable height adjustment via a control cam. Said device... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6569005 | Animal skinner method and apparatus There is provided a first cable assembly, a second cable assembly, and a common hook unit connected to the first and second cable assemblies. Each cable assembly includes a cable guide and skin gripper member which includes a plurality of blunt-end grippe... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6458025 | Removable skinning blade assembly for meat skinning machine A skinning blade assembly with a blade, clamp, and shoe where the blade is frictionally received in a recess formed in the bottom surface of the clamp, the clamp having a slot that extends from the top of the clamp through the bottom of the clamp such tha... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6394889 | Method and apparatus for aseptically removing animal hides A method and apparatus are disclosed for aseptically separating and removing the hide of an animal from its carcass wherein the hide is separated from the carcass prior to marking of the hide using at least one cutting implement inserted between the hide ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6371844 | Disposable skinner A hand held skinner having a handle portion, a base portion and a neck portion connecting the handle portion to the base portion. The base portion has finger portions extending from the neck portion toward a first and second tip respectively. The fingers ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6306028 | Head meat recovery Apparatus for recovering meat from the head of a slaughtered animal. A jaw support clamps and supports the head by clamping the jaw. Cheek pullers having clamps engage with and hold the cheeks of the animal head in the vicinity of the mouth. A drive arran... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6296559 | Method and apparatus for skinning an animal carcass A substantially rectangular platform that has a top surface and a bottom surface. A pair of sectional tubular stanchions has one end connected to the platform. A cross-member is connected between the pair of stanchions other ends. A winch with a cable and... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6264542 | Apparatus for skinning pieces of poultry product An automated poultry skinning apparatus which includes a support frame having a product feed inlet and discharge outlet and housing a conveyor aligned to engage the upper surface of a piece of poultry product entering the feed outlet. The apparatus is pro... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6213863 | Machine and method for automatic muscle fat and membrane removal A conventional meat skinning machine has a frame, a horizontal auger on the frame having a forward end, a tooth gripping roll rearwardly mounted on the frame and extending across the forward end of the conveyor, and an elongated cutting blade mounted on t... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6210262 | Method and apparatus for processing fish A method and apparatus for processing fish prior to canning to increase yield. The method includes the steps of first preparing the fish body for further processing by: removing (12) the tail, pectoral, and thoracic fins from a frozen fish body, removing ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6042469 | Air clamp A mechanism for gripping an object employing a set of jaws which are adjusted to fit the size of the object by means of a limit or sizing stop device. The object is gripped by the jaws secured to the end of a stationary lower member while a movable upper ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5951392 | Method for cutting a flat or round A method for cutting a portion of a flat or outside animal round into a plurality of meat products including steaks having substantially enhanced value comprises removing substantially all of a fat layer from the exterior surface of the portion of the ani... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5833526 | Bullhead catfish skinner This invention relates to the development of a new and useful improvement in fish dressing tools, which has as its prime objective a means whereby a fish may be quickly and efficiently dressed, having its skin and entrails removed. The device has two roun... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5810652 | Machine for cutting away undesired tissue from E.G. fish fillets A machine for cutting away undesired tissue (VP), e.g. fat tissue from fish fillets (F), said undesired tissue (VP) extending substantially in one main direction e.g. in the longitudinal direction of a fish fillet, comprises a rotary freezing drum (7) for... | 09/22/1998 |
