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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922567 | Method and apparatus for separating meat from bone A separator apparatus that separates meat from bone in two distinct separation stages includes a rotary cam pump in series with a deboning screw assembly. In the first separation stage, substantially bone-free meat is separated from bone as the meat-bone mixture pas... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7896730 | Variable length, variable diameter separation chamber for a food processor having configurable cutting perforations A separation chamber particularly suited for meat processing is configurable to have various feed and discharge end diameters and/or chamber length. The separation chamber may also have configurable cutting perforations. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7883400 | Pin bone removal apparatus A pin bone removal device that provides a plurality of fixed members arranged substantially in side-by-side orientation. The invention also comprises a plurality of moveable members also substantially arranged in a side-by-side orientation. In one aspect, the fixed ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7771256 | In-feed can A feed section of a de-boning apparatus connected with an output section. The feed section comprises a cylinder forming a loading section and a packing section. The portion forming the loading cylinder section has a larger radius than the cylinder portion forming th... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7479059 | Device for processing poultry wings A device for trussing up poultry parts, the poultry parts having first and second elongated bones with meat attached to the bones. The device includes carrier trays which receive the poultry part. The first and second bones are placed in first and second recesses of... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7371566 | Composting apparatus and method A composting apparatus including an electric motor driven drum. The drum is provided with spaced fins on the inner surface and a supporting shaft that can include air holes to provide air within the confines of the drum. In this instance, tubes with holes are secure... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7341505 | Bird wing cutting machine A machine for cutting poultry wings into segments. Holders convey wings through a guide that positions the first joint between the drumette and midwing. A blade incises the connective tissue after the bones at the joint have been disarticulated by lateral guides tha... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7138014 | Electroless deposition apparatus An apparatus and a method of depositing a catalytic layer comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of noble metals, semi-noble metals, alloys thereof, and combinations thereof in sub-micron features formed on a substrate. Examples of noble me... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7052387 | Apparatus for portioning a piece of food A device and procedure for portioning a piece of food in portions with a predetermined weight or predetermined thickness. The device has a pivotable insertion drum (1) arranged in a rotatable manner around its axis with at least one oblong insertion chamber (... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7029387 | Device and method for separating meat from bone parts In a device, assembly and method for separating meat from bone parts, at least a chamber (2) is provided for receiving bone parts which are connected to meat, having a first open end (4) and a second open end (5) which is located opposite the fi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011038 | Hygienic and ergonomic breading machine A food breading machine includes a lowerable cage carrier grate of two grids between which the cutlet resides. The cage supports a meat, fish or vegetable cutlet thereon, which descends into a first basin having a bath of raw egg fluid. The egg saturated product is ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6952992 | Batter and breading machine A batter and breading machine including a bedplate with an upper arm including a tank for food agglutinating, and a second area with a strangling to throw the battered or breaded ingredient of the product. The first and second areas have respective endless bands, dr... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6383067 | Device for deboning of poultry parts A deboning device for separating bone (8) and meat (9) of an animal part (7) has a support system (5) for supporting at least one deboning unit (1) and moving the at least one deboning unit (1) from a loading position (3) for loading the animal part (7) t... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6354932 | Processing system for boning and skinning poultry A poultry processing machine including a distribution housing, a rotating dome and a truncated conical surface outwardly of the dome for the distribution of quarter legs to several processing units. Gates control the admission of the pieces to the process... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6248013 | Apparatus for processing meat An apparatus for processing a meat including a frame and a driving mechanism attached to the frame. A carriage is attached to the driving mechanism and is movable along a path. The carriage is adapted to support the meat. A cutting head is disposed along ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6132304 | Apparatus for separating meat from bones comprising meat remainders The invention relates to an apparatus for separating meat from bones comprising meat remainders, comprising: a cylinder with a cylinder wall; a piston movable in the cylinder; infeed means for carrying bones comprising meat remainders into the cylinder; a... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6042467 | Tongue squeezer A tongue squeezer includes a cylindrical roller operably mounted on one end of a pivot arm to pivot the roller between a "working" position spaced vertically above a second roller, and an "open" position spaced upwardly away from the second roller. A weig... | 03/28/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6027404 | Poultry thigh deboner with movable stripper Poultry thighs (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 d... | 02/22/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5947810 | Arrangement for gaining fish meat in pulp form An apparatus for gaining fish meat in pulp form is described. The apparatus comprises a fish filleting machine, a separating device arranged downstream of said filleting machine and comprising a perforated drum and a pressing belt wrapped around a portion... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5873775 | Method and apparatus for separating components having different viscosities and/or sizes from a composition A method and an apparatus for separating components having different viscosities and/or sizes from a composition are disclosed The apparatus comprises a rotatable hollow drum having an outer surface which is perforated, and an endless belt in engagement w... | 02/23/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5823867 | Method and apparatus for detaching meat from bone Bones (10) with meat attached thereto are suspended in a substantially fluid medium (14). The fluid medium or matrix (14) includes meat, fat and other soft material (16) which behaves similarly to a fluid when a pressure is applied thereto. The substantia... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5823866 | Pressing belt for separators The invention concerns a pressing belt for separators which include a hollow drum having a perforated outer surface around which an endless flexible pressing belt is partially wrapped under pressure to form a pull-in or input zone with the drum. Separator... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5813909 | Deboning machine with slotted separation chamber A slotted separation chamber for a compression type deboning machine comprises a plurality of elongated slots each formed of a pair of spaced apart side walls presenting interior side edges, and formed of a opposing arcuate end walls presenting interior a... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5782685 | Expandable poultry thigh deboner Poultry thighs (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 d... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5749776 | Meat deboning apparatus An improved meat deboning apparatus of the horizontally-arranged type, which is linear in a horizontal plane and fully supported by an integral base member throughout its length. Among the improvements made is the elimination of the prior art one-piece fe... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5733184 | Meat processing article, apparatus, and method An article, an apparatus, and a method for processing a meat product. The inventive article comprises: a shaft; a spiral conveying channel on the exterior of the shaft; and a cutting member projecting from the shaft and positioned within the conveying cha... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5713788 | Automated system for preparing animal carcasses for lactic acid fermentation and/or further processing A poultry and swine pulverizing or grinding apparatus comprises an enclosed housing having an inlet end and an outlet end. A grinding drum is rotatably mounted within the enclosed housing and provided with raised cutting teeth extending in a helical orien... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5674117 | Compression belt separation apparatus An apparatus for separating mixed material of different flowability comprises a hollow drum driven to rotate and having a perforated outer drum surface, about a portion of which is wrapped an endless compression belt adapted to apply pressure onto the hol... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5667435 | Method and apparatus for separating meat from bones A press for separating meat from bones includes an annular pressure chamber defined by an inner slotted separation chamber surrounded by an outer slotted separation chamber for reducing pressure within the chamber by increasing the total open area in the ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5660583 | Method and apparatus for removing meat from bones The present invention describes a method and apparatus for removal of meat from bones. Bones particularly suitable are round elongate bones, such as commonly found in the limbs of animals. The apparatus uses a collar where, as the collar travels along the... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5597352 | Separator screen and screening method A screen for use in a separator device includes an inner portion opening onto the screen inner surface and an outer portion extending the remainder of the way through the screen material. The outer portion of the screen opening allows the desired material... | 01/28/1997 |
