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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118647 | Device for punching out and collecting eyeball section of fish A device for efficiently and accurately punching out and collecting in a continuous and automatic manner an eyeball section of a fish. The device comprises a head part supporting table and a body part supporting table which can be opened and closed. The head part su... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8079897 | Carcass intervention tracking and methods The present invention provides systems and methods for tracking carcass intervention data accumulated during carcass processing. An identification is assigned to the carcass. The carcass is subjected to at least one intervention, during which processing data is accu... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8012001 | Methods and systems for increasing protein food safety Methods, systems, and devices for increasing protein food safety are provided. According to one embodiment, a method in a computer system for increasing protein food safety includes steps: (a) receiving contamination level data; (b) accessing from a database stored ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7988542 | Method of separation of backbone part of fish and device therefor To obtain a quality-meat-attached backbone part suitable as a material for minced fish the invention proposes cutting off a fin part and a kidney from a meat-attached backbone part obtained when filleting a fish into three pieces. The meat-attached backbone part is ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7837539 | Carcass intervention tracking and methods The present invention provides systems and methods for tracking carcass intervention data accumulated during carcass processing. An identification is assigned to the carcass. The carcass is subjected to at least one intervention, during which processing data is accu... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7654890 | Device for de-rinding trimming a piece of meat or a piece of slaughtered animal A device and a method are proposed for de-rinding or trimming a piece of meat or piece of a slaughtered animal, in which an arrangement device for the arrangement of the piece, an industrial robot with a manipulator arm and a sensor system, which detects the part th... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7621806 | Determining the position and angular orientation of food products A portioning system (10) includes a scanner (16) for scanning a passing poultry breast (14). A cutting device (18), a slicing device (20) and/or other equipment may be used to portion, trim, or otherwise process the poultry breast ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7452266 | Determining the position and angular orientation of food products A portioning system (10) includes a scanner (16) for scanning a passing poultry breast (14). A cutting device (18), a slicing device (20) and/or other equipment may be used to portion, trim, or otherwise process the poultry breast ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7373217 | Apparatus for slicing a food product and method therefore Apparatus and method for slicing a food product having a non-uniform cross-sectional area. A laser line scanner scans the cut face of the food product. A line scan camera receives light reflected from the cut face of the food product. The line scan camera is positio... | 05/13/2008 |
| RE40085 | Device and method for processing meat Device for processing flesh, including at least one transport means, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating means and at least one regulating and/or control device, wherein the separating means communicates by means of the reg... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7285040 | Method for de-rinding and trimming a piece of meat or a piece of slaughtered animal A device and a method are proposed for de-rinding or trimming a piece of meat or piece of a slaughtered animal, in which an arrangement device for the arrangement of the piece, an industrial robot with a manipulator arm and a sensor system, which detects the part th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7225712 | Motion detecting system for use in a safety system for power equipment A woodworking machine including a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a person and a working portion of the machine is disclosed. The machine includes a reaction system associated with the detection system to cause a predetermined action... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7158915 | Apparatus and method for displaying numeric values corresponding to the volume of segments of an irregularly shaped item An apparatus and method for displaying the weight or cost of segments of an irregularly shaped item involves passing a sensor bar supported above a supporting surface over the item lying on the surface. A compact hand-held embodiment of the sensor bar enables the op... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156730 | Method and system for achieving acceptable process time A method and system for automatically portioning workpieces, such as meat products, into pieces having acceptable process time (e.g., acceptable cook time) are provided. The method includes generally five steps. First, measurement data of a workpiece carried on a co... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153203 | Apparatus and method for portioning using automatic workpiece conveyance speed control A portioning apparatus (10) includes a powered conveyor (12) for carrying workpieces (WP) past a scanning station (14) and past a cutting station (20). Information from the scanning station pertaining to physical parameters of the workpie... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7066806 | Apparatus for breaking tissue connections in poultry suspended by the feet The invention relates to an apparatus for breaking tissue connections in poultry suspended by the feet prior to the evisceration of this poultry. The tissue connections connect a portion of the viscera with belly fat located at the breast side of the inner cavity wa... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056202 | Method and device for slaughtering fish in particular white fish A device and method for slaughtering fish, in particular white fish, has at least one fish receptacle for positioning and receiving the fish, a throat cutting apparatus for cutting through the throat in preparation for the pharynx cut, a pharynx cutting apparatus fo... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044846 | Apparatus and method for trimming of fish fillets The automatic fillet-trimming machine comprises a first conveyor belt that is capable of registering the weight of the individual fillets, one or more computer-controlled cameras or other imaging means that identifies and localizes the undesired portions of a fish f... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7001261 | Automated classifier and meat cut fat trimming method and apparatus An apparatus and method for a meat cut classification and fat trimming for sensing the thickness of a layer of fat of a cut of meat and the various contours thereof as it travels along a conveyance and providing the fat thickness or classification information to a d... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997140 | Tracking and marking system An identification apparatus for animals or carcasses carrying electronic identification devices, (EID) (2) moving past an antenna (10). The identification apparatus including motion sensing means (12, 13, 14, 17) and marking means (16) ad... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6962525 | Method and apparatus for meat cut classification of fat thickness for downstream trimming An apparatus and method for classification of a meat cut based on the thickness of the fat layer. The meat classification system comprises a split dual-belt conveyor system and a probe/trolley mechanism assembly where the probe is operable to penetrate the meat cut ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6929540 | Automated classifier and meat cut fat trimming method and apparatus Apparatus and method for a meat cut classification and fat trimming for sensing the thickness of a layer of fat of a cut of meat and the various contours thereof as it travels along a conveyance and providing the fat thickness or classification information to a down... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6898482 | Process and an application for item processing The present invention relates to integrated processing and information handling method for poultry items. As the poultry items are conveyed they are assigned to a processing station where they are processed and thereafter assigned to a predetermined collecting bins,... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6881138 | Method and facility for cutting off hind feet of half carcasses With the intention of performing an optimal cutting of the hind feet (8) of the half carcasses (4), which are advanced stepwise on an overhead conveyor (6) suspended in the hind feet (8), there is indicated a method and a plant for perfor... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6859672 | Method of linking a food source with a food product A method of linking source units of food with product items that include at least a portion of one or more of the source units of food, where a conversion process produces a plurality of product items from a plurality of source units (e.g., at a meat processing plan... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6604991 | Device and method for processing meat Device for processing flesh, including at least one transport means, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating means and at least one regulating and/or control device, wherein the separating means communicates by means... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6563904 | Apparatus and method for detecting and removing undesirable material from workpieces A conveyor (12) moves a workpiece (WP) past an x-ray source (14) to detect existence and location of any undesirable material included in the workpiece, such as bones, fat, metal, etc. Thereafter, the conveyor carries the workpiece further, wherein a cutt... | 05/13/2003 |
| 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 |
| 5989116 | High-speed bone-in loin slicer A meat slicing apparatus is disclosed, wherein the apparatus is capable of high-speed slicing of meat having large skeletal bones therein. The apparatus has a blade composed of a steel alloy that is approximately 5 to 10 times greater in compression stren... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5324228 | Method and apparatus for detecting and trimming fat from meat products Meat portioning apparatus supports meat products on an endless conveyor to move through a light stripe at which upstream and downstream cameras view the light stripe and convert spaced apart points of light to electric signals representing various magnitu... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5021024 | Cutting up fowl A bird is cut up by cutting free the fillets, that is the large portions of breast meat, loosening the wings, dislocating the thighs, and at the end removing as one piece a subassembly comprised of the thighs, the fillets, and the wings. More particularly... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4979269 | Method and apparatus for separating back fat from loins Apparatus for the separation of back fat from a loin portion of a carcass and having a conveyor for supporting and moving a loin portion with the back fat lowermost, a pressure device for applying pressure to the upper surface of a loin portion, a general... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4472858 | Guide and cutter depth control apparatus A guide and cutting assembly for shrimp processing equipment in which a rotary cutting blade is adjustably positioned to enter a slot in a biased guide means. The guide means includes a one-piece guide bar having a pair of spaced guide legs each having ta... | 09/25/1984 |
