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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8070567 | Automatic deboning method and apparatus for deboning bone laden meat A de-boning method and apparatus for automating incision making to the meat of bone laden meat and scraping operation of meat from the bone laden meat by a meat separator, are proposed. The apparatus has a clamping device 1 for clamping an end part ‘... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7357707 | Method and apparatus for harvesting an inner fillet from poultry A method and apparatus is provided for harvesting an inner fillet from poultry, wherein a tendon with which the inner fillet is or was connected to a wing bone of the poultry projects from the inner fillet. The tendon is gripped, and subsequently the tendon and the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7261629 | Poultry wing separator and partial deboner Poultry wings are suspended by their tip segments and oriented so that their outside surfaces face one side of the processing path, with right wings oriented with their elbows leading, and left wings oriented with their elbows trailing. The lower, primary segments a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247086 | Apparatus and procedure for fish pin boning An apparatus and procedure for extracting pin bones from fish. The procedure comprises detaching the pin bones from the meat using vibrations, and then, extracting the pin bone using only enough traction force in order to pull out the pin bone, thus preserving its i... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232365 | Method and device for removing a bone from an extremity of a slaughter animal In a method and device, an elongate bone is removed from a meat-comprising extremity or part thereof of a slaughter animal. The bone has a first joint end, which forms part of a first joint, and a second joint end, which forms part of a second joint. The bone is tak... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7201648 | Method of preparing poultry drumstick for frying, and food product therefrom The disclosure teaches a method of preparing a poultry drumstick, particularly chicken drumsticks, for cooking, and the food product produced therefrom. Chicken drumsticks, featuring a centrally disposed elongated bone between a thigh end and a foot end, including a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198564 | Deboning system of meat A deboning system of meat for a small or intermediate processing factory in which the space is saved while reduction the cost by limiting the processing range of a work thereby limiting the processing functions to those of high necessity. The deboning system of meat... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188701 | Velocity compensation control for electric steering systems Disclosed herein is a method as well as a system for controlling an electric power steering system. The method includes: receiving a torque signal from a torque sensor responsive to a torque applied to a handwheel; obtaining a motor velocity signal, the motor veloci... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7090574 | Method and device for filleting killed and headless fish, the abdominal cavity of which is opened up Certain farmed and/or breeding fish such as tilapia are filleted after the fish have been beheaded, slaughtered and had their ventral cavity opened. Cuts are made in the dorsal region and on the ventral side in the caudal region for exposing the dorsal spokes and ve... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7063611 | Filleting system for poultry A filleting system for poultry, such as chickens, includes a conveyor system incorporating carriers for the poultry. Processing stations are provided in or along the path of the conveyor system for successively processing parts of the poultry, wherein the processing... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7036445 | Watercraft steer-by-wire system A watercraft steer-by-wire control system for watercraft comprising: a direction control system including a rudder position sensor; a helm control system including at least one of; a helm position sensor to produce and transmit a helm position signal and an optional... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033266 | Device and method for controlling the beginning of a tool operation in fish treatment machine In a device and method for controlling the commencement of operation of at least one tool in a fish processing machine, a guide element penetrates the interior of the fish so as to perform alignment of the fish before the tool begins its application. A monitoring de... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7008313 | Method of making food products from the thigh of a bird and food products made in accordance with the method A method of cutting the thigh of a bird forms a boneless thigh meat product. The thigh has a bone, first and second lateral sides, top and bottom surfaces, a thin muscle proximate the first lateral side and a thick muscle proximate the second lateral side. The metho... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6935942 | Filleting device Poultry carcasses are conveyed on saddles with their breastbone plate facing downwards to a scraping device having left and right scraping elements arranged adjacent to each other to simulate the contour of the approaching poultry carcass. The scraping elements are ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6547658 | Dual blade loin knife assembly for automatic loin puller apparatus An apparatus for positioning an animal carcass middle and for separating a loin and fatback portion from the carcass middle including a dual blade loin knife assembly for making appropriate cuts to separate the loin and fatback portion. The dual blade loi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6336856 | Loin puller for trimming off the fat from the loin of a carcass-half A loin puller for processing a carcass-half comprising a loin and a flank partially separated by cutting, the loin comprising a layer fat to be trimmed off. The machine has a frame which is fixed an elongated rectilinear working surface intended to receiv... | 01/08/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6283847 | Poultry breast cartilage harvesting system Apparatus for harvesting the cartilage connected to the breastbone on the skeletal portion of a poultry carcass including positioning means for positioning the breastbone for movement along a prescribed processing path and separating means for mechanicall... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6244950 | Automatic skin removal and fat trimming device for meat products An automatic skin removal and fat trimming device includes an entry conveyor belt and a forward section of an upper pressing conveyor belt which cooperate to move the meat product into contact with a rotating ridged cylinder which in turn forces the meat ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6155919 | Automated method and system for processing a hog carcass An apparatus and method for removing loins from pork bellies to result in a high yield of loin in a two-step method, the first step involving the removal of the loin and the second step involving the skinning of the loin portion removed. A unique knife sh... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6106384 | Semiautomatic pig deboner and deboning process for pig thigh using same The present invention, in deboning process for a pig thigh in which a pig thigh held by gripping on a transport line is sequentially deboned starting from a hind shank, comprises preliminary processing steps of: gripping the ankle side section of a work b... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6086470 | Skinning machine The present invention is directed to a automatic skinning machine. The automatic skinning machine includes a blade holder with a plurality of indentations disposed thereon. The cutting blade is adopted to be positioned adjacent to blade holder such that t... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6036590 | Device and method for deboning poultry parts A deboning device for poultry: (i) has deboning units mounted along an endless chain to be moved in longitudinal direction along a processing path, each deboning unit extends in cross direction of the endless chain, and at one end of the unit there is a m... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6033298 | Apparatus for filleting the breast piece of a slaughtered bird The invention relates to an apparatus for filleting the breast piece of a slaughtered bird having a conveyor for the breast piece and filleting devices positioned alongside the conveyor. The filleting devices comprise scraping plates having an operative c... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6024636 | Expandable poultry deboner having a pre-cut installation Poultry drumsticks (13) are placed on carrier trays (22) of a tray conveyor (14) and move on an endless loop conveyor first through a rectilinear loading run (24), then through a precutting run, then a curved deboning run (26), and then through a lower re... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6007416 | Method and apparatus for filleting the body of slaughtered poultry In a method and an apparatus for automatic removal of at least an inner fillet from slaughtered poultry or a part thereof before the connection between the inner fillets and the carcass is broken, a separation is made in the opening bounded by the clavicl... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6007417 | Expandable poultry deboner with improved stripper disk Poultry parts (13) are placed on carrier trays (22) of a tray conveyor (14) and move on an endless loop conveyor first through a rectilinear loading run (24), then through a curved deboning run (26), and then through a lower return run (25). The curved de... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5976004 | Partially deboned poultry product and process Poultry parts which have elongated bones, such as poultry thighs (10), legs (40), or segments of wings (not shown) are moved with respect to a stripper element, such as an apertured disk (24 or 54) or stripper blades (79 and 80), so as to partially strip ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971843 | Chicken wing de-boning machine An apparatus for extracting a bone from a cut of meat comprises a frusto-conical blade against which the cut of meat is pushed in the axial direction of, and in line with the bone. The apical opening edge of the blade cuts and spreads the meat around the ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5961383 | Method and device for boning a leg A method and a device for boning a leg or a part thereof of a slaughtered animal. Prior to the removal of the meat from the leg or the part thereof, an incision is made through a tendon at the position of the condyle of the tibia in the ankle joint. Durin... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5932278 | Method of making turkey products from turkey breast by selective cutting and trimming of the breast to form steak-like products A method of cutting a boneless turkey breast into a plurality of individual turkey products which resemble different types of steak products, includes the steps of cutting the breast along a natural seam into a thick portion and a thin portion, removing t... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5882252 | Loin puller A loin puller apparatus that incorporates a scribe saw with an associated decelerator and depth gauge immediately in advance of the loin knife for the purpose of cutting through the ribs of the carcass middle. To assist in orienting a carcass middle with ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5865672 | Deboning device and deboning apparatus for partially deboning meat Deboning device for partially deboning meat surrounding a bone, which deboning device is provided with means for holding partially to be deboned meat, a diaphragm and a pin with a cam, in which the diaphragm and the pin with the cam are placed on either s... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5830052 | Total bone removal system A total bone removal system is disclosed wherein the apparatus and method for a bone removal and filleting process for decapitated fish, including removal of pin bones, is described. The apparatus has a jig and vacuum supports for securing a fish, and a t... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5827116 | Apparatus for filleting the breast piece of slaughtered poultry An apparatus for filleting the breast piece of slaughtered poultry includes a device for supporting and conveying the breast piece in a conveying direction along a conveying path. A device is included for cutting the breast meat loose from the breast piec... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5813908 | Apparatus for deboning a leg of slaughtered poultry comprising upper leg and lower leg The invention relates to an apparatus for deboning a leg of slaughtered poultry comprising upper leg and lower leg, with a device to stretch the leg, a stripping diaphragm and a hollow tube movable to and fro for pushing the leg through the diaphragm and ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5810653 | Method and apparatus for deboning a leg of slaughtered poultry The invention relates to a method for deboning a leg of slaughtered poultry. The leg is firstly stretched and next, starting from a forward end of the leg, the meat is stripped from the leg towards the rearward end of the leg. An apparatus for carrying ou... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5713787 | Device for deboning meat pieces with an articulated bone assembly The invention relates to a device for making at least one cut in a meat piece with an articulated bone assembly, including at least two elongate bone pieces which are mutually connected in substantially rigid manner in a connecting zone and which extend f... | 02/03/1998 |
