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Class 452/148 - SCORING CUTTERS


Subclass of Class 452 - Butchering
Definition: Apparatus which makes an incision in a carcass or carcass
No. of patents: 20
Last issue date: 11/28/2006


NumberTitleIssue Date
7140288Device for shaping a food product
A method and cutting device makes incisions in an elongated food product, like a hot dog or sausage, to form a pattern or character after the product is cooked. One form of the cutter includes a hinged housing into which the food product is positioned. The housing i...
11/28/2006
7059229Counterbalanced advancing metal cutting saw
An advancing power saw used for any metal cutting application. The power saw is provided with an oscillating mechanism that drives the saw up and down in a vertical direction. A hydraulic cylinder advances the saw toward the metal being cut while the saw is oscillat...
06/13/2006
7051633Ampoule card splitter
A device for splitting apart a card of thermoplastic ampoules is described. The splitter device includes a card receiving base, a cutter assembly, and a pusher assembly for pushing the card along the base through the cutter assembly so as to divide the card into sep...
05/30/2006
6231911Ultra high speed hot dog incisor
A device and method for incising a cylindrical shaped meat product in which a motor rotates a tubular shaped cutter housing around the longitudinal axis of the tubular housing. Inclined blades are mounted on the inner surface of the cutter housing. An inj...
05/15/2001
5766064Method and apparatus for scoring poultry hocks
An apparatus and method for automatically scoring the hock portion of a poultry leg to sever the surrounding skin and soft connective tissues from the underlying bone which is characterized by employing oppositely directed water knives aligned at a right ...
06/16/1998
5746106High volume meat product incisor
A device and method for superficially incising a sausage-like meat product includes a plurality of rotatable cutting elements which are arranged to define a chute therebetween. Each cutting element includes a cylinder and has a circular blade which projec...
05/05/1998
5580306Loin separation apparatus and method of operation therefor
A loin separation apparatus and method of operation therefor controls a loin knife assembly in a manner which simulates the anthropomorphic motions of a human operator during a loin pulling operation. The loin knife assembly includes a U-shaped knife blad...
12/03/1996
5499578Sausage cutter
A sausage cutter comprised of a cutting block having two portions. Each of the two portions has an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The two portions are hingedly secured together at the lower surface thereof. Each in...
03/19/1996
4873746Method and apparatus for removing breast meat from poultry carcass
Apparatus for fileting breast meat and removing tenders and wings from a front poultry section includes two pairs of rotary cutters which are mounted for swinging movement in front of the path of the poultry carcass which is carried on a mandrel. the two ...
10/17/1989
4817245Meat saw and method of processing meat
The present invention provides a meat saw for simultaneously making multiple cuts in a piece of meat and a process for cutting a piece of meat. The meat saw includes a base and a saw table supported by the base. The saw table is adapted to support the pie...
04/04/1989
4815165Apparatus for the production of processed meat products
Apparatus for the production of a coherent meat product from pieces of deboned meat, including meat derived from birds, fish, crustaceans and molluscs. The apparatus comprises receiver (11) for receiving pieces of deboned meat, meat tenderizer (33) adapte...
03/28/1989
4776064Method for maceration of meat, and the product resulting therefrom
A method and apparatus are provided for macerating meat to effect deep penetration of the meat at multiple muscle height levels for improved absorption of curing agents and improved bonding of multiple pieces of meat. The method involves feeding the meat ...
10/11/1988
4715091Process for preparing clam cutlet
A process is disclosed by which a clam is extracted from its shell, the viscera is removed from the tongue, the tongue is butterflied and thereafter passed through a conventional tenderizer....
12/29/1987
4525896Pork shoulder or ham slasher apparatus
An apparatus for slashing meat includes a support frame having a conveyor mounted thereon and comprised of endless conveyor elements arranged in side-by-side relation. Upper and lower blade assemblies are mounted on the support frame, and each is comprise...
07/02/1985
4485525Device for aligning fish with regard to the position of their plane of symmetry
A device for aligning fish to be handled in fish-processing machines is shown. The object of the invention is to lead fish, especially those with approximately circular cross-section to the processing tools so exactly that the processing can be carried ou...
12/04/1984
4354297Machine for processing fish
A fluid power operated fish skinning machine that severs the tail and impales the fish on a wheel. The fish is then rotated past cutting stations where the dorsal fins are removed and the belly flap is cut. The wheel is then stopped opposite a cutting whe...
10/19/1982
4313963Method for tenderizing cut meat portions
There is provided a method for tenderizing cut portions of meat, wherein the portions are slit by passing the portions into a plurality of rotating slitting blades having a plurality of discrete cutting surfaces on each slitting blade along the periphery ...
02/02/1982
4071950Scoring tool for frankfurters
A tool for scoring the skin of a frankfurter, or the like, consisting of a flat metal plate with a pair of spaced parallel downturned edges and a handle on top. Cutters are attached to the underside of the plate so that the frankfurter can be rolled betwe...
02/07/1978
3999293Cutting device
A simple cutting device in two sections which closes against itself slicing at prearranged angles and depth sausages and hotdogs and the like placed therein producing a spiral cut in the hotdog or sausage the entire length of the unit....
12/28/1976
3942222Poultry, partially disjointed
Poultry is prepared for marketing to consumers such that it is in the form of a whole carcass yet is easily separable by the consumer into sections or individual piece servings. The method of preparation includes making selected incisions into specific lo...
03/09/1976
 
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