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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7850512 | Method for determining physiological parameters of a slaughtered animal body The invention concerns a method for determining physiological parameters of a slaughtered animal body or piece thereof with respect to determining its commercial value and/or its processing. The method will lead to a more exact calculation of meat proportions and we... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7364504 | Apparatus and method for producing controlled portions of meat products An apparatus for producing multiple portions of meat. A plurality of product mandrels having an open-top recess are mounted on a conveyor for travel along a selected path. The mandrels are selectively rotatable about a vertical axis. Two sets of parallel slots are p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7251537 | Processing of work piece based on desired end physical criteria Processing a work piece by first scanning the work piece. The work piece is modeled to determine its outer perimeter and/or how the work piece could be divided into portions of specific areas and perimeters based on desired portion sizes of desired areas and perimet... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7128642 | Method and apparatus for removing fat and skin from meat parts An apparatus and method for removing skin and fat from meat parts, a tooth roll assembly attached to a frame and a trimming blade assembly attached to an adjustable frame where the position of the trimming blade assembly is adjusted in relation to the tooth roll ass... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097552 | Method and system for gas stunning of poultry for slaughter A method and a system (2) for gas stunning of animals for slaughter is described, where the animals arrive at the slaughterhouse in transport crates (6), where gas stunning of the animals is effected while they are still in transport crates (6),... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077738 | Apparatus for and method of processing meat An apparatus for and method of cleaning cutting residue from one or both sides of cut meat. Meat, after being cut, for example with a band saw or the like, is passed through a curtain of fluid to impinge fluid on to at least one side of the meat for removing a subst... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7052388 | Meat cutting system An automated meat cutting system and method is disclosed. The automated meat cutting method comprises securing a carcass portion in a position, imaging the carcass portion to determine cutting paths and cutting the carcass portion along the thus determined cutting p... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7022007 | Process for making a boneless pork back rib product The present invention is a method for cutting pork to create a meat cut that mimics a slab of pork rib meat. The method involves injecting a center cut boneless pork loin with a seasoning solution and tumbling the boneless pork loin. The method then includes sealing... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004830 | Method and device for processing poultry In a method and device for carrying out at least one processing operation on a slaughtered bird which is hung by its legs, the bird is conveyed on a hook of a conveyor towards and into the processing area of a processing device in order for the at least one processi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6996452 | Method and system for automated software control of waterjet orientation parameters Methods and systems for automating the control of fluid jet orientation parameters are provided. Example embodiments provide a Dynamic Waterjet Control System (a “DWCS”) to dynamically control the orientation of the jet relative to the material being cut as a fu... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6908376 | Process for systematizing, informatizing and automating self-programmed slaughter of cattle and beef processing A process which systematizes, informatizes and automates cattle slaughter and beef processing, in factories with integrated Cycles I and II; following actual anatomical parameters, predetermined for each industrial biotype, scanned before entering the knockout box, ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6843169 | Trim table A trim table for use by trimming and/or cutting of food products, such as chicken or fish, has conveyors (2, 12) for feeding products to a number of operator stands (O1 . . . O8), each of which receivers (14, 24R, 28R) for receivin... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6612920 | Optimized loin saw An automated cutting apparatus and method having a coordinated three axes of motion wherein one axis is designated as a master and provides a master time source and the other two axes are designated as slaves and more proportionately to the master axis. A... | 09/02/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6251004 | Automatic poultry cutting apparatus A device under the control of a programmable logic controller, cuts poultry carcasses into a predetermined amount of pieces that remain together and are deposited into a compartmentalized conveyor for continued separation until the cut up carcass or carca... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6152815 | Device for separating bone material from a meat piece A device for separating bone material from meat tissue in a meat piece, such as a spine from a half part of a slaughtered animal, which device is provided with a support for the meat piece for processing and a separating member with a curved separating ed... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5902177 | Apparatus and method for removing ribs The apparatus for automatically removing ribs portion from belly of a beast flank, such as pork flank, comprises a conveyor provided with gripping hooks for holding the flank in position on the conveyor during ribs portion removing, a camera disposed over... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5746648 | Apparatus and method for making a cut in and particularly removing the spine from a half Apparatus for making a cut in, and in particular removing the spine from a half, or a pare thereof, of an animal, for instance a pig, said apparatus including a frame with a receiving member supported thereby, for instance a supporting surface for the hal... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5551910 | Arrangement and plant for fluid jet cutting of food products An arrangement for fluid jet cutting, especially for food products, comprises a nozzle which is movable on a frame. The arrangement includes an angled pipe, one end of which is fixedly connected to and in fluid communication with one end of a hollow shaft... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5372540 | Robot cutting system A computer-controlled robot cutting system for making angled or beveled cuts along a preselected path in a workpiece having a generally planar cutting surface. A cutting knife, such as a high-intensity fluid jet, is pivotably mounted in a support frame ha... | 12/13/1994 |
| 4918788 | Process and apparatus for recovering meat from carcase sections in particular severed animal heads A continuous process for recovering meat from a plurality of carcase sections in particular severed animal heads (11) is provided, which comprises mounting the parts on a conveyor (1), advancing them past a number of work stations, at each of which either... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4873746 | Method 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 |
| 4756058 | Electronic control apparatus for controlling setting elements in a fish processing machine The main purpose is to provide an electronic controlling apparatus for controlling the setting members for processing tools and guides of a fish processing machine, which apparatus is easy to handle and designed to guarantee a disturbance-free operation. ... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4718146 | Apparatus for sawing turkey breasts and other objects A conveyorized machine that operates to automatically advance objects of generally the same shape and weight, particularly breasts of turkey, to a scale platform which is retractable below the conveyor and elevatable above the conveyor. On the scale platf... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4662029 | Process and apparatus for cutting hog carcasses A process and apparatus for automatically and continuously cutting hog carcasses into primal cuts includes means for moving the hog carcasses in a predetermined path of travel. The carcasses are first separated into carcass sides and are conveyed on adjus... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4083083 | Machine for cutting poultry into selectively variable portions A machine originally constructed for the automatic cutting of fowl, such as chickens or the like, into nine portions can be modified by the selective removal and/or addition of elements to produce fowl cut into any number of symmetrical pairs of portions ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4067085 | Automatic poultry cutting apparatus An improved poultry cutting apparatus which is characterized by a unique combination which includes an inner mandrel adapted to retain a dressed poultry carcass thereon which is movably mounted to advance to a cutting station. The cutting station includes... | 01/10/1978 |
| 3992734 | Boning meat A plant for boning the meat of the half-carcass of a skinned beast, comprising a plurality of successive working stations where the still warm meat is removed by means of semi-automatic and automatic mechanical devices and, more precisely, on a first trac... | 11/23/1976 |
