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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187060 | Apparatus for skinning poultry products A poultry skinner including a conveyor having ribs aligned to engage the upper surface of a poultry product. A rotatably mounted gripper has a plurality of radially extending fins adapted to engage the lower surface of the poultry passing between the gripper and the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7662031 | Turkey breast defatter An automated poultry defatting apparatus which includes a housing 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 inlet. The apparatus is provided with upper ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7335095 | Apparatus and method for separating wings from breast meat of poultry A wing separation apparatus and method for separating wings from a breast part of poultry having its breast bone removed can handle a wide variety of poultry sizes. The breast part is supported at its left and right arm pits on a pair of shafts with the left and rig... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7244174 | Device for de-rinding and skinning a product to be treated The invention relates to a device for skinning and de-rinding a product to be treated such as pieces of meat or fish and similar products (2), said product to be treated being first skinned from one side by means of a first skinning unit (3). A combina... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6958008 | Device for skinning poultry parts This invention relates to a device for removing the skin (6) from opposite sides of bird trunk (3), the device comprising a conveyor (4) for moving at least one bird trunk from a loading position (5) towards a skinning device, the skinnin... | 10/25/2005 |
| 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 |
| 5997394 | Leaf lard remover A tool for removing leaf lard from a carcass includes a head for mechanically engaging the lard, a reversible driver for rotating the head in a forward direction and in a reverse direction, a trigger connected to operate the reversible driver and begin ro... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5637038 | Apparatus and method for skinning poultry A poultry skinning apparatus comprising a plurality of elongated rollers rotatively mounted to a support frame at a declining angle to define a longitudinal processing path between a first end and a second end of each roller. Each elongated roller, in acc... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5503593 | Method and apparatus for skinning and trimming a product to be treated A method and an apparatus for skinning and trimming a product to be treated, in which the product to be treated is delivered on a delivery device to a cutting unit. The cutting unit is embodied as a cutting blade and is associated with a traction roller. ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5399118 | Inclined automatic meat trimmer apparatus and method The inclined automatic trimmer apparatus of the present invention includes a base frame and trimming blade mounted on the base frame for trimming unwanted material from the meat product. A feed conveyor is situated forwardly of the trimming blade for tran... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5273485 | Apparatus for mechanically processing poultry bodies In an apparatus for the mechanical skinning and filleting of poultry bodies these are saddled on carriers and guided to pass corresponding processing tools. To achieve the objects of skinning in an optimal manner, on the one hand, and obtaining a high yie... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5248277 | Method and device for processing the skin of a leg of a slaughtered bird Method and device for processing the skin of a leg of a slaughtered bird. The bird or leg is moved along in a conveyor. The skin of the leg is cut through completely or almost completely in the vicinity of the knee joint between the region of the kneecap ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5236323 | Automatic meat trimmer apparatus and method The automatic trimmer apparatus of the present invention includes a base frame and trimming blade mounted on the base frame for trimming unwanted material from the meat product. A feed conveyor is situated forwardly of the trimming blade for transporting ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5197917 | Apparatus for removing skin from animal parts An apparatus for removing the skin from animal parts, such as from poultry thighs, comprises a rotary turntable for supporting the poultry thighs and for conveying them along a path in a forward direction and a pair of counter-rotating peeler rollers posi... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5167569 | Method and apparatus for removing a hide from a carcass A method and apparatus is provided for removing a hide (14) from a carcass (12). A plurality of counterrotating members (18) engage a portion of the hide (14) hanging from the carcass (12). The counterrotating members (18) are then moved together to exert... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5098336 | Poultry peeling apparatus Poultry parts (56), such as poultry breasts, necks and gizzards are placed on a pair of counter rotating peeler rolls (36 and 38). The peeler rolls (36 and 38) each has a series of helical teeth (46) formed along their lengths, which engage the skin (54) ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4856143 | Apparatus for skinning poultry carcasses An apparatus for skinning poultry carcasses, particularly the breast portions thereof is described, from which the wings have been removed. It is the task to suggest a unit integratable into a processing line, which is able to remove the skin in one piece... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4723339 | Breast skinner A device for removing the breast skin from a poultry carcass which is conveyed breast first and hanging by the legs from a conveyor track, comprising a V-shaped guide breast guide disposed below the conveyor track and being open towards the conveyor track... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4697307 | Chicken thigh skinner A chicken thigh skinner includes a table having a feed end and a discharge end. A skinning portion of the table is adjustable along the longitudinal axis of the table to accommodate different size poultry parts. The skinning portion defines an elongated s... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4653149 | Animal hide puller An animal hide puller for use in a slaughtering process to remove the hide from an animal carcass, including a rotatable and vertically movable hide drum coacting with an overhead track from which an animal is supported and a stanchion for fixing the posi... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4631780 | Hand skinner device A hand skinner device for removing strips of skin from animal carcasses comprises an elongate handle including an air motor and having a housing mounted at one end thereof. The housing has a skinning blade supported thereon and a revolvable tooth roll ass... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4610051 | Turkey thigh skinner An apparatus for removing skin from the meat of a poultry part, such as a turkey thigh, includes an elongated conveyor supported on a frame in spaced relationship to an elongated loading and stretch bar. The conveyor moves the poultry part along the bar. ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4459721 | Poultry skinning machine A poultry skinning machine for removing the skin from poultry parts utilizes rollers having inter-engaging helical teeth that laterally transport the poultry parts while removing the skin from the product. The rollers act in cooperation with a cover means... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4451953 | Hand held skinning device A hand held power driven skinning device includes a housing having a handle connected thereto and having a blade assembly mounted thereon. A driven tooth roll assembly is provided with a shaft that is journaled on the housing. A clean-out bar assembly is ... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4433453 | Shoulder skinning device A shoulder skinning apparatus includes a skinning device comprised of a housing having a revolvable toothed roller mounted therein and a blade mounted thereon in close proximity to the toothed roller. The skinning device is suspended from a suspension dev... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4296526 | Skinning machine for the heads and limbs of slaughtered animals The present invention relates to a skinning machine for the head and limbs of slaughtered ungulate animals. Such a machine is constituted by a frame on which are mounted: on the one hand, two horizontally parallel rollers pivoting in bearings associated w... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4215450 | Skinning machine In a skinning machine, intended primarily for deskinning poultry pieces, a cylindrical feed screw in a cylindrical passage forms an annular feed passage between them. The passage increases in flow capacity from a hopper at its entrance, where the pieces a... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4010515 | Animal skinning apparatus An apparatus for skinning an animal is disclosed which apparatus permits skinning to be performed mechanically and comprises a roller table supporting the body of an animal and capable of moving in both elevational and tilting movements, a transfer and su... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3930283 | Machine for removing skin from pieces of poultry A poultry processing machine adapted to remove skin from certain parts of poultry, such as necks, thighs and breasts by arranging the same for passage along a substantially uniformly diminishing channel defined by the upper portions of a pair of rollers h... | 01/06/1976 |
